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well-proˈportioned, ppl. a. Having good or correct proportions.
c1386Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 184 The hors of bras..So wel proporcioned for to been strong. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas iii. 3293 He was..Weel proporciowned. 1538Elyot Dict. Add., Amussitatus, made by line, welle proporcyoned. 1579–80North Plutarch, Lycurgus (1595) 55 If they found him..well proportioned [ed. 1657 p. 41 well proportionated] of all his limmes. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 290 When a Painter would surpasse the life In limming out a well proportioned steed. 1661Cowley O. Cromwell, ‘Curst be the man’ ii, Who would be rather a great Monster, than A well-proportion'd Man. 1663Gerbier Counsel 18 Well proportioned Doores and Windowes. 1709Pope Ess. Crit. 247 When we view some well-proportion'd dome. 1812Jane Austen Pride & Prej. xliii, A large, well-proportioned room, handsomely fitted up. 1831Scott Anne of G. iii, A young man, unusually tall, well-proportioned and active. 1890Spectator 3 May, He does not present us with a clear and well-proportioned historical sequence of events and dates. |