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shapely
[sheyp-lee] 
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shapely
[sheyp-lee]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-proportioned |
| Synonyms: | balanced, beautiful, built, comely, curvaceous, elegant, full-figured, graceful, neat, pleasing, proportioned, regular, rounded, sightly, statuesque, sylphlike, symmetrical, trim, well-formed, well-turned |
| Antonyms: | deformed, disfigured, disproportioned, formless, shapeless, unshapely |
| Main Entry: | buxom |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bosomy |
| Synonyms: | ample, built, busty, chubby, comely, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, full-figured, healthy, hearty, lusty, plump, robust, shapely, stacked, voluptuous, well-made, well-proportioned, well-rounded, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | flat, petite, small |
| Main Entry: | curvaceous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voluptuous, full-figured |
| Synonyms: | bosomy, buxom, curvesome, curvilinear, curvy, rounded, shapely, statuesque, well-developed, well-proportioned, well-rounded, zaftig |
| Antonyms: | flat |
| Main Entry: | graceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, charming, lovely |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aesthetic, artistic, balletic, beautiful, becoming, comely, controlled, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, poised, practiced, pretty, refined, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
| Antonyms: | awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | statuesque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tall and dignifed |
| Synonyms: | beautiful, graceful, grand, imposing, majestic, regal, shapely, stately, trim, well-proportioned |
| Antonyms: | short, small |
| Main Entry: | symmetrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-proportioned |
| Synonyms: | balanced, commensurable, commensurate, equal, in proportion, proportional, regular, shapely, well-formed |
| Antonyms: | asymmetrical, different, disproportioned, irregular, uneven, unsymmetrical |
| Main Entry: | willowy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | graceful, slender |
| Synonyms: | adroit, agile, dainty, delicate, elastic, elegant, flowing, limber, lithe, lithesome, nimble, pliant, shapely, skinny, springy, svelte, thin, trim |
| Main Entry: | built |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | buxom |
| Synonyms: | ample, busty, full-figured, shapely, stacked, voluptuous, well-proportioned, well-rounded |
| Antonyms: | flat, skinny |
| Main Entry: | well-rounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fully developed |
| Synonyms: | curvaceous, shapely, voluptuous, well-built, well-shaped |
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