shapely
adjective
having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
unshapely
-
a word derived from
shapely.
Example Sentences
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Some of the trees were unshapely, Charlie Brownish, compared with the well-tended specimens on Christmas tree farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ā Dec. 23, 2025
Lise kept on watching the thin, unshapely hand.
From Salon ā Apr. 21, 2020
She is plain, unshapely and unpleasant in ways that are only occasionally endearing.
From New York Times ā Apr. 12, 2012
Let the unshapely change their forms at will but I like my wife as is and prefer dresses that show it.
From Time Magazine Archive
In it, Mariam saw her own face first, the archless, unshapely eyebrows, the flat hair, the eyes, mirthless green and set so closely together that one might mistake her for being cross-eyed.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
