appear
verb (used without object)
to come into sight; become visible.
well-appearing
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a word derived from
appear.
Example Sentences
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That gentleman was a widower and a well-to-do and well-appearing man; and it would have been a long way for him to come just for some trifling rickets in a servant-girl.
From A Chosen Few Short Stories by Frank Richard Stockton
Farrand, adj. appearing, generally well-appearing, handsome, e.g., a seemly farrand person.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
I had begun, says she, to suspect all he had said of Mrs. Fretchville and her house; and even Mr. Mennell himself, though so well-appearing a man.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson
It was fairly well-appearing and susceptible of improvement.
From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser
There was a rude shack, which seemed to answer for a barn, a haystack beside it, and a well-appearing vegetable garden.
From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Allen Chapman
