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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Handsome; attractive.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Being of good favor or appearance; good-looking; comely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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Examples

  • She was a pretty, low-browed creature; darkly pretty, with a well-favored body, and for all that the type was mean, he could not escape the charm of her over-brimming vitality.

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  • The good luck of good looks, however, confers high status, and Jean Maria was well-favored.

    The Golden Vault of Jean Maria Schwartz in Heaven 2010

  • In the kinship system the protection of the weak and ill-favored was secured by placing bonds on the strong and well-favored.

    Energy and Society~ Chapter 13~ The Enlargement and Concentration of Political Power 2009

  • Pussywillows by Pissarro hang come hither in furry Cossacks 'caps on enchanting Russian hussies, and lilies, those well-favored

    Painters' Palette (Impressionists of Spring) 2009

  • Creating the right conduits is important, however, good faith sharing of some information is part of the ethos of the well-favored organization.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Why not stop wishing you looked less well-favored and start loving yourself and all the gifts (and food!) at your fingertips?

    Kiri Westby: Feeling Overweight? Congratulations! 2009

  • Creating the right conduits is important, however, good faith sharing of some information is part of the ethos of the well-favored organization.

    Are Traditional Textbooks Dead? 2009

  • Hillary is d'une certain âge and not so well-favored, so it would be an unchivalrous and an unkind thing to say, but it would have scored a hit on an opponent's vulnerable point.

    Never Yet Melted 2008

  • This devotee seemed a man of fifty and upwards, well made, and stout, for his age, with a cast of countenance which, though not positively ugly, was far from being well-favored.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • An asymmetrical male primate who happens to be a good hunter has his choice among well-favored carnivorous females.

    Eyes Of The Beholders 2008

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