"shapely" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shapely.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shapelier [comparative], more shapely [comparative], shapeliest [superlative], most shapely [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English schaply, schappely (“well-shaped, beautiful, attractive”), perhaps from Old English *ġesċeaplīċ (“according to design, proper, fit”) (suggested by Old English ġesċeaplīċe (“properly, fitting, well”)), equivalent to shape + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schaply}} Middle English schaply, {{m|enm|schappely|t=well-shaped, beautiful, attractive}} schappely (“well-shaped, beautiful, attractive”), {{inh|en|ang|*ġesċeaplīċ|t=according to design, proper, fit}} Old English *ġesċeaplīċ (“according to design, proper, fit”), {{cog|ang|ġesċeaplīċe|t=properly, fitting, well}} Old English ġesċeaplīċe (“properly, fitting, well”), {{suf|en|shape|ly|id2=adjectival}} shape + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} shapely (comparative shapelier or more shapely, superlative shapeliest or most shapely)
  1. Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at. Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: shapely, well set Hypernyms: beautiful Hyponyms: symmetrical, symmetric, sculpturesque, statuelike Derived forms: shapeliness Translations (having a pleasing shape): حَسَن (ḥasan) (Arabic), շեն (šen) (Armenian), строен (stroen) (Bulgarian), добре сложен (dobre složen) (Bulgarian), 凹凸有致 (āotūyǒuzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 豐滿 (Chinese Mandarin), 丰满 (fēngmǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), úhledný (Czech), ladných tvarů (Czech), hyvinmuodostunut (Finnish), sopusuhtainen (Finnish), jóalakú (Hungarian), jóformájú (Hungarian), córach (Irish), cruthach (Irish), cruthúil (Irish), cumaí (Irish), cumtha (Irish), dea-chruthach (Irish), dea-chumtha (Irish), dealfa (Irish), fíortha (Irish), greanta (Irish), formoso (Italian), tornito (Italian), prosperoso (Italian), polputo (Italian), schaply (Middle English), zgrabny (Polish), kształtny (Polish), torneado (Portuguese), cumachdail (Scottish Gaelic), torneado (Spanish), curvilíneo (Spanish), exuberante (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "polputo"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "schaply"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "zgrabny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "kształtny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "torneado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "cumachdail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "torneado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "curvilíneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a pleasing shape",
      "word": "exuberante"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shapely"
}

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