good-looking
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of good-looking
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Mr. Smith has some very sympathetic, likable and, naturally, very good-looking principals on whom to hang his tale.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“Our thinking is simply own a few more good-looking charts inside an underweight sector.”
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
“We’re not a good-looking group, but we’re a great group,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025
He was fit, good-looking, and still in his 30s; maybe he should be an actor, he said.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
It was not like one of those great photos from the early 1900s where a crazy-looking guy posed with a good-looking mako hung from tail to nose in a straight line.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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