shapely

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They were notable hands--shapely, supple, strong as steel, the thin-skinned fingertips as delicate and sensitive of touch as the antennæ he was used to handling.

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  1. adjective Having a distinct shape.
  2. adjective Having a pleasing shape.

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  • Her body was extremely shapely, as were her features, but she seemed to be too shy to speak. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
  • Her neck was long and shapely, her large bosom and white shoulders well suited to the daring off-the-shoulder gowns of the 1660s. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
  • Her breasts, naturally shapely -- as opposed to the silicone balloons featured in later decades -- pointed outward at an angle designed to knock teenage boys' eyeballs out of their sockets. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
  • Mademoiselle de la Valliere Jealous.—The King Wishes All to Enjoy Themselves.—The Futility of Fighting against Fate.—What is Dead is Dead MADEMOISELLE DE LA VALLIERE was tall, shapely, and extremely pretty, with as sweet and even a temper as one could possibly imagine, which eminently fitted her for dreamy, contemplative love-making, such as one reads of in idyls and romances. —  The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan
  • So tall and muscular, not overly done, shapely, a perfect woman. —  O'Clare, Lorie - Sex Slaves Trilogy (v1.0)
 

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  1. from Middle English shapely, schaply, shapelich, schapelich; from shape, n., + -ly.
 

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/ˈʃeɪpli/
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