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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shapely \Shape"ly\, adjective [Compar. {Shapelier}; superl. {Shapeliest}.]
1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. --T. Warton.
Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. --Pope.
Where the shapely column stood. --Couper.
2. Fit; suitable. [Obs.]
Shaply for to be an alderman. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shapely
adjective: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" [ant: {unshapely}] [also: {shapeliest}, {shapelier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "shapely": Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, balanced, becoming, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, clean, clean-cut, clean-limbed, comely, curvaceous, curvy, fair, goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, graceful, likely, lovely to behold, neat, personable, pleasing, pneumatic, presentable, proportioned, regular, rounded, sexy, sightly, slender, stacked, statuesque, symmetrical, trim, voluptuous, well-built, well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned, well-shaped, well-stacked
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