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shapelier

shapelier is the comparative form of shapely.

Meaning of shapely

Adjective

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

  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.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171
    Synonyms:
    well set

Questions about shapelier

What is shapelier the comparative form of?
Shapelier is the comparative form of shapely.

Words near shapelier in the dictionary

  1. shapelessly
  2. shapelessness
  3. shapelessnesses
  4. shapelet
  5. shapelets
  6. shapelier
  7. shapeliest
  8. shapelily
  9. shapeliness
  10. shapelinesses
  11. shapely

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