shapely

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈʃeɪpli/

Definition of shapely

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.
    “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?”

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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.

Anagrams of shapely

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from shapely

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3 words

5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

16 words

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