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[ adjective ] pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

Examples

"a fine-looking woman" "a good-looking man" "better-looking than her sister" "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray "our southern women

Related terms

beautiful

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[ adjective ] pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

Examples

"a fine-looking woman" "a good-looking man" "better-looking than her sister" "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Winston watched him hurry down the drive to his car ; a handsome , fine-looking man it made him proud to see .

Related terms

beautiful

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