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statuesque

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Adjective
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stat=u=esque

CIDE DICTIONARY

statuesquea. 
     Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.  [1913 Webster]
    "Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no background."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

statuesque, adj. like, or having the dignity or beauty of a statue.

Derivative
statuesquely adv. statuesqueness n.
Etymology
STATUE + -ESQUE, after picturesque

THESAURUS

statuesque

Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, aristocratic, august, becoming, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, clean-limbed, colossal, comely, courtly, curvaceous, curvy, dignified, fair, gangling, gangly, giant, gigantic, goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, grand, grave, handsome, imposing, impressive, kingly, lank, lanky, leggy, lengthy, likely, long, long-legged, lordly, lovely to behold, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, marmoreal, monumental, noble, personable, pleasing, pneumatic, presentable, princely, queenly, rangy, regal, royal, sculptitory, sculptural, sculpturesque, sedate, shapely, sightly, slender, sober, solemn, stacked, stately, statuary, statuelike, tall, trim, venerable, well-built, well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned, well-shaped, well-stacked, worthy

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