Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective appearing to be important.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective impressive in appearance
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Examples
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ITV1's coverage seemed more irreverent and "fun", with Phillip Schofield discussing a Facebook royal wedding drinking game while important-looking cars came and went.
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Now, looking back, I think the scariest part was having to watch a lengthy video of a lawyer, dressed in suit and tie, sitting behind an important-looking desk and explaining all the legal papers we each had to sign.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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I recall an important-looking woman asking me if I had family on Long Island and if I knew their phone numbers.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Now, looking back, I think the scariest part was having to watch a lengthy video of a lawyer, dressed in suit and tie, sitting behind an important-looking desk and explaining all the legal papers we each had to sign.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Sitting in his seat on the train, the young man could see that a new someone was present: a young woman in her thirties, attractive and important-looking.
Caster Knox J. E. Cammon 2011
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I recall an important-looking woman asking me if I had family on Long Island and if I knew their phone numbers.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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The FBI arranged for a fake but important-looking document to be fed to her.
Judith Coplon, accused and cleared of being a Soviet spy, dies at 89 2011
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Sitting in his seat on the train, the young man could see that a new someone was present: a young woman in her thirties, attractive and important-looking.
Caster Knox J. E. Cammon 2011
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I approach an important-looking sheikh in a black hat and flowing gown.
News, the way the Libyan authorities want it to be reported 2011
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Previous generations brandished important-looking, ostentatious cards of very stiff, very highly-glazed vellum, with their names written in a series of flourishes.
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