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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHA'PELY, a. [from shape.] Well formed; having a regular shapr; symmetrical.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (shapelier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. having a regular or pleasing shape 2. orderly and consistent in arrangement or plan <shapely essays> • shapeliness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (shapelier, shapeliest) 1 well formed or proportioned. 2 of elegant or pleasing shape or appearance. Derivatives: shapeliness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shapely 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe a woman as shapely, you mean that she has an attractive shape. ...her shapely legs. ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Symmetrical, comely, well-formed.

Moby Thesaurus

Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, balanced, becoming, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, clean, clean-cut, clean-limbed, comely, curvaceous, curvy, fair, goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, graceful, likely, lovely to behold, neat, personable, pleasing, pneumatic, presentable, proportioned, regular, rounded, sexy, sightly, slender, stacked, statuesque, symmetrical, trim, voluptuous, well-built, well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned, well-shaped, well-stacked