well-favored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of well-favored
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Example Sentences
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The current acting secretary is not well-favored, and authority among military services has been hopelessly scattered for a few years now.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
Their home is as handsome as their well-favored lands.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is Mr. Snap's custom to invite to his home as heavily paying guests the more affluent and well-favored of the criminals in his charge.
From Time Magazine Archive
To his pastor, the Rev. Ralph Bertholf, he was a pillar of suburban Wakefield's First Baptist Church, a well-favored Sunday-school teacher and editor of the church's paper, Tall Spire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rachel, the youngest, was "beautiful and well-favored;" Leah, the elder, was "blear-eyed."
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
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