Meaning of SHAPELY
| Pronunciation: | | 'sheyplee
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bosomy, built(p), busty, buxom, clean-limbed, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, full-fashioned, fully fashioned, Junoesque, modeled, retrousse, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque, sonsie, sonsy, stacked(p), statuesque, tip-tilted, upturned, voluptuous, well-endowed, well-proportioned, well-stacked, well-turned |
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| | Antonyms: | | unshapely | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Shape"ly\, a. [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.
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