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SHAPELY
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Irregular inflected forms: shapelier , shapeliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape
Example:
a slim waist and shapely legs
Classified under:
Similar:
bosomy; busty; buxom; curvaceous; curvy; full-bosomed; sonsie; sonsy; stacked; voluptuous; well-endowed ((of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves)
callipygian; callipygous (pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks)
clean-limbed (having well-proportioned limbs)
full-fashioned; fully fashioned (knitted to fit the shape of the body)
Junoesque; statuesque (suggestive of a statue)
modeled; sculptural; sculptured; sculpturesque (resembling sculpture)
retrousse; tip-tilted; upturned ((used of noses) turned up at the end)
well-proportioned (of pleasing proportions)
well-turned (of a pleasing shape)
Antonym:
unshapely (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape)
Derivation:
shape (the visual appearance of something or someone)
shapeliness (the quality of having a well-rounded body)
