Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having good or correct proportions; fitting as to parts or relations; properly coördinated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having good and pleasing proportions.
- adjective
Compact .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of pleasing proportions
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Examples
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Zaftig - (US, colloquial) Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned.
Word of the week - Zaftig Not a sheep 2009
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I use my 5.5 quart LeCreuset to achieve a well-proportioned loaf.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Resolved to Bake Bread Big Girls 2011
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The owner, Steve Lawson, puts the venue to good use, creating a well-proportioned bookshop stocking around 7,500 titles on the ground floor, and a cafe on the first, which also spills out on to the pavement on warm days.
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Larry Thompson established Greyweathers Press several years ago because of a "love of beautifully designed type skillfully arranged on a well-proportioned page."
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And Havsy, I like your style - I can just see Julianne being played by the sexy and … ahhh … well-proportioned … Lieutenant James (?) from Stargate Universe.
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Larry Thompson established Greyweathers Press several years ago because of a "love of beautifully designed type skillfully arranged on a well-proportioned page."
Audio Interview with Fine Press Owner Larry Thompson: On the Process of Letterpress Printing 2009
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That Bad Boy is symmetrical and well-proportioned!
Mail Call! 2009
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That Bad Boy is symmetrical and well-proportioned!
Mail Call! 2009
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I don't much care for the high-ceilinged public areas of the Pershing Square Signature Center, which are stark, boxy and uninviting, but the Jewel Box is a well-proportioned little house that is going to serve its new owners extremely well.
Waiting for Mandela Terry Teachout 2012
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And just when roaming eyes thought it was over, her flawless waistline tapered downward and ballooned into a beautiful, well-proportioned back-side.
Show Stoppah Thomas Slater 2011
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