Curvy and Plump

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Curvy adjective - Having a well-proportioned feminine figure.

Usage example: a curvy brunette with lots of male admirers

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Plump and curvy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plump" instead an adjective "Curvy".

Nearby Words: curve, curved, curving

Plump adjective - Having an excess of body fat.

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Curvy and plump are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curvy" instead an adjective "Plump".

Nearby Words: plumped, plumping, plumpness, plumper

In many of his books, the ethologist Desmond Morris argues that a certain preference for curvy and plump women is hardwired, for evolutionary reasons, into the human male psyche.

Source: Real Women Have Curves
Specifically, women were expected to be plump and curvy; this was held up as the nec plus ultra of feminine beauty and sexual allure (Elizabethan women had such tiny waists).

Source: Real Women Have Curves

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