shapely

Definition

Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

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.

Example Sentences

• "The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face."
• "It used to be, whenever Frank passed a rival butcher’s window (and later the curved glass of a supermarket meat counter), he would peer in unjealously, looking for the subtleties that spoke of talent with a knife. Were their fillets shapely?"