shapely

English

Etymology

From Middle English schaply, schappely, schaplike, schapliche (“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.

Adjective

shapely (comparative shapelier or more shapely, superlative shapeliest or most shapely)

1. Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

Derived terms

• shapeliness

Translations

having a pleasing shape

• Arabic: حَسَن (ar) (ḥasan)
• Armenian: շեն (hy) (šen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凹凸有致 (āotūyǒuzhì), 豐滿／丰满 (zh) (fēngmǎn), 丰满 (zh) (fēngmǎn)

• Czech: úhledný (cs)
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• Irish: córach, cruthach, cruthúil, cumaí, cumtha, dea-chruthach, dea-chumtha, dealfa, fíortha, greanta
• Italian: formoso, tornito (it), prosperoso (it), polputo (it)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumachdail
• Spanish: torneado (es) m, curvilíneo m, exuberante (es)

Anagrams

• Shapley, physeal