shapeliest

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“shapeliest” is listed under Shapely.

Shape′ly adjective [Compar. Shapelier; superlative Shapeliest.]

1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. Thomas Warton

Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn.— Alexander Pope
Where the shapely column stood.— Couper.

2. Fit; suitable. obsolete

Shaply for to be an alderman.— Geoffrey Chaucer

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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