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Shipshape vs Shapely - What's the difference?

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Shipshape is a related term of shapely.


As adjectives the difference between shipshape and shapely

is that shipshape is meticulously neat and tidy while shapely is having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

shipshape

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • meticulously neat and tidy
  • * 1937 , , 01:44:00:
    • -- When are you going out fishing again? -- Oh, in about six weeks, when we're shipshape aloft.
  • Organized, serviceable, trained and ready for action

    • Related terms

    * shipshape and Bristol fashion

    shapely

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at

    • Derived terms

    * shapeliness