Dictionary Entry

shapely

Part of SpeechadjectiveUsed In Literature ↓

Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

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Common Phrases

legs shapely. shapelyfigure shapelyhead shapelybody shapelyhands shapely

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Poetry examples for “shapely”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn,
The spiry fir, and shapely box adorn:
To leafless shrubs the flowering palms succeed,

than ever to Judea’s king
were the shapely sharp cunning
and withal delirious feet

A filly buirdly, steeve, an’ swank,
An’ set weel down a shapely shank,
As e’er tread yird;

I thought if only I had a keen, shapely bone-structure to my
face or could discuss politics shrewdly or was a famous writer