Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being shapely; beauty of form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being shapely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The property of being
shapely . - noun countable, rare The result or product of being
shapely .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of having a well-rounded body
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Examples
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In each case the material put forward for consumption has a certain shapeliness, a self-awareness of its own patternings, and an underlying message.
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Similarly with Cather, Torrance doesn't mention the Wharton/James-inspired craftsmanship of Alexander's Bridge, the manipulations of perspective in My Antonia, the formal "shapeliness" of a book like A Lost Lady.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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In short, he has that fuller, subtler, and more universal kind of shapeliness which the unthinking (gazing at pigs and distinguished journalists) mistake for a mere absence of shape.
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Everyone who knows anything about science fiction knows robots would never be sexually interested in other robots, regardless of the shapeliness of their chest cowlings.
MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction? 2010
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Pianist Mahesh Balasooriya, still in his twenties, imbued his solos with shapeliness beyond his years.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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The first thing stories do is give shapeliness and form to what might look random and chaotic.
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Pianist Mahesh Balasooriya, still in his twenties, imbued his solos with shapeliness beyond his years.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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If you walk into the village, you can hardly fail to look up at their wonderful shapeliness and sheer size.
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Pianist Mahesh Balasooriya, still in his twenties, imbued his solos with shapeliness beyond his years.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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Pianist Mahesh Balasooriya, still in his twenties, imbued his solos with shapeliness beyond his years.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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