Graceful vs Shapely - What's the difference?
graceful | shapely | Related terms |
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at
Graceful is a related term of shapely.
As adjectives the difference between graceful and shapely
is that graceful is having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion while shapely is having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.graceful
English
Alternative forms
* gracefull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
