About The Word Shapely
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Shapely
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What's The Definition Of Shapely?
[adj] having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Shapely: 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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Shapely: See Also | Shapely In Webster's Dictionary \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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