Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape;
- Example: "a slim waist and shapely legs"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shapely \Shape"ly\, a. [Compar. Shapelier; superl.
Shapeliest.]
1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
--T. Warton.
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Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn,
The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. --Pope.
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Where the shapely column stood. --Couper.
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2. Fit; suitable. [Obs.]
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Shaply for to be an alderman. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shapely
adj 1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim
waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]