Shapely
['ʃeɪplɪ] or ['ʃepli]
Definition
(adj.) having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; 'a slim waist and shapely legs' .
Edited by Everett--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
(superl.) Fit; suitable.
Editor: Nettie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Symmetrical, comely, well-shaped.
Checked by Gregory
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FIGURE_and_MODEL]
Edited by Lancelot
Examples
- All these great walls are as exact and shapely as the flimsy things we build of bricks in these days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was so firm, and shapely, with such satisfying, inconceivable shapeliness, strange, yet unutterably clear. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The six columns are their bases, Corinthian capitals and entablature--and six more shapely columns do not exist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mrs. Yeobright was not demonstrative, but her eyes involuntarily glanced towards his singular though shapely figure. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was an old woman, tall and shapely still, though withered by time, on whom his eyes fell when he stopped and turned. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Others are half pierced through, and the clean impression is there in the rock, as smooth and as shapely as if it were done in putty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There it was, shapely and healthy and the same as ever, yet somehow, it was not real, it was a mask. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She looked up, and in the darkness saw his face above her, his shapely, male face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Malcolm