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# shapely

adjective (shapely, shapelier, shapeliest)

«shapely» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapely/#m1)

### In the lessons

used in tales to praise a neat, well-made thing, such as a house, a boat or a tree; it describes looks, not size

### Examples

- The shapely little boat bobbed on the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapely/#x1)
- We admired the shapely trees in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapely/#x2)
- The castle had shapely towers and tall windows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapely/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shapely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shapely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shapely.html) on Mova free.