From Middle English schaply, schappely, perhaps from Old English *ġesċeaplīċ (suggested by Old English ġesċeaplīċe), equivalent to .

shapely (comparative shapelier, superlative shapeliest)

1. Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.
   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC ↗, page 171 ↗:

     The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.

• See Thesaurus:shapely

• Italian: formoso, tornito, prosperoso, polputo
• Portuguese: torneado
• Spanish: torneado, curvilíneo, exuberante