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well-proportioned

British  

adjective

  1. having the correct or desirable relationship between constituent parts with respect to size, number, or degree

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Bedrooms are well-proportioned, and the primary bathroom includes a soaking tub positioned near windows that bring in natural light and views of the landscape,” the listing reads.

From MarketWatch Mar. 18, 2026

They are really comfortable in their bodies, they can move, they are well-proportioned, they are quick, and they can run fast for big guys.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2022

Johansson and Driver are superb performers, attentive, generous, versatile, and able to register minute shifts of feeling and understanding on their admittedly well-proportioned features.

From Slate Oct. 30, 2019

“If you’re just looking at a file of code Sanjay wrote, it’s beautiful in the way that a well-proportioned sculpture is beautiful.”

From The New Yorker Dec. 3, 2018

In photos from around this time, Jim appears as a neatly groomed, well-proportioned young man, a few inches shorter than Farmer, with jet-black hair swept into a knife-like wave and wire-rimmed glasses over narrow eyes.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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