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GOOD-LOOKING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

Example:

our southern women are well-favored

Synonyms:

better-looking; fine-looking; good-looking; handsome; well-favored; well-favoured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)

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 Context examples: 

What a very good-looking man!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

But Catherine did not know her own advantages—did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)