Shapely

Quick meaning: Shapely is an adjective meaning Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

Meaning

Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

Example Sentences

The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.

It used to be, whenever Frank passed a rival butcher’s window (and later the curved glass of a supermarket meat counter), he would peer in unjealously, looking for the subtleties that spoke of talent with a knife. Were their fillets shapely?

Word Forms

• shapelier
• shapeliest

Synonyms for shapely

Depending on context, synonyms include well set, voluptuous, buxom, statuesque, curvaceous, sonsy.

Antonyms for shapely

Common opposites include amorphous, misshapen, unshapely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include well-turned, well-proportioned, sonsy, buxom, voluptuous, built.

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