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shapely

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃeɪpli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aehlpsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.

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