- a variation of well-favored.
well-favoured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But you are not only well-favoured but well-fortuned; and had you not found yourself worthily bound to your duty I doubt not you might have prospered in the Archbishop's household.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
Wherefore, as she is young and well-favoured, I will take her to wife, so shall she practise sorcery no more.”
From The White Shield by Mitford, Bertram
He is indeed a right well-favoured boy," replied Mr. Fairfax, "and one calculated to win his way to a colder heart than that of a maiden near his own age.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
But Cardinal's hats, Bishop's mitres, and decorations were falling down upon bleating sheep, braying asses, and other despised creatures; whilst well-favoured men, in tattered garments, looked up in vain for the slightest favour.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
She suggested a well-favoured squirrel among a family of moles.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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