All 6 Uses of

proportion

in

Pride and Prejudice

It was a large, well proportioned room, handsomely fitted up.†
p. 236.2 *

proportioned = made appropriate in size, amount, or degree

"I admire the activity of your benevolence," observed Mary, "but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required."†
p. 33.1

Elizabeth was prepared to see him in his glory; and she could not help in fancying that in displaying the good proportion of the room, its aspect and its furniture, he addressed himself particularly to her, as if wishing to make her feel what she had lost in refusing him.†
p. 154.0

From the entrance-hall, of which Mr. Collins pointed out, with a rapturous air, the fine proportion and the finished ornaments, they followed the servants through an ante-chamber, to the room where Lady Catherine, her daughter, and Mrs. Jenkinson were sitting.†
p. 158.8

His resentment was in proportion to the distress of his circumstances—and he was doubtless as violent in his abuse of me to others as in his reproaches to myself.†
p. 196.1

But in what proportions it should be divided amongst the latter depended on the will of the parents.†
p. 292.9 *

Definitions:

(1) (proportion as in: the proportion of females)
relative amount, quantity, or collection
The exact meaning of this sense of proportion is subject to its context. For example:
- "The female proportion is 50%." -- percentage or share
- "The proportion of oil to vinegar." -- ratio (quantity of something relative to the quantity of something else)
- "In the survey, the female proportion said..." -- group
(2) (proportion as in: a problem of large proportion)
size or dimension
(3) (proportion as in: respond in proportion)
appropriate in size, amount, or degree