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SHAPELINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shapeliness mean? 

SHAPELINESS (noun)
  The noun SHAPELINESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of having a well-rounded bodyplay

  Familiarity information: SHAPELINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHAPELINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of having a well-rounded body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

curvaceousness; shapeliness; voluptuousness

Hypernyms ("shapeliness" is a kind of...):

pulchritude (physical beauty (especially of a woman))

Derivation:

shapely (having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape)


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