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Definition of Good-looking
1. Adjective. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion. "Our southern women are well-favored"
Similar to: Beautiful
Derivative terms: Handsomeness
Definition of Good-looking
1. Adjective. attractive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good-looking
Literary usage of Good-looking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"ON A good-looking YOUNG LADY. OME time ago I had the fortune to witness at the
house of Er- ... GOODLOOKING ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"To endeavour to regard them both benevolently, is the task of a philosopher; and
he who can do so is a very lucky Fogey. IV ON A good-looking YOUNG LADY ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
""Oh!" said his ghostly father ; ** how old is she ?" " Seventeen." " good-looking ?"
" The prettiest girl in the village." "What is her name? ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"Too good- looking, eh ?" " Well," I said with an effort—yet as he pressed me I felt
... I don't say that you're not good-looking, you know," I observed. ..."
5. A Plea for the Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling by Henry Alford (1881)
"A correspondent asks me, good looking " well look- or wen looking ? ... But, at
the same time, to be good looking is not to look good. It is, in one sense, ..."
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