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Definition of Fine-looking
1. Adjective. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion. "Our southern women are well-favored"
Similar to: Beautiful
Derivative terms: Handsomeness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fine-looking
Literary usage of Fine-looking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Wherever Ruth went there was quite a little bustle round her, but her particular
companion was young Weston, and a fine-looking honest-hearted fellow he was ..."
2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"... and comprise the fine looking-glass with removable top, 2 ft. 6i ins. high and
19 ins. wide, weighing in oz. ; the two largest caskets—one of which is ..."
3. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"Lewis is a quadroon, a fine-looking man, with European features, hair slightly
wavy, and with an intelligent, agreeable expression of countenance. ..."
4. Proud Mahaska, 1843-1900 by Semira Ann Hobbs Phillips (1900)
"Samuel, the youngest of that numerous family, was a little boy when his father
died, but now a tall, fine looking man, and people say is a veritable "chip ..."
5. Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Annie Martin (1891)
"... French names—A South African duke in Paris— fine-looking men—Fat women—Ignorance
of ... Finelooking ..."
6. The Remains of the Late Mrs. Richard Trench: Being Selections from Her by Melesina Chenevix St. George Trench (1862)
"... the fine- looking son of my beautiful friend, has lost an arm. TO CHARLES
MANNERS ST. GEORGE, ESQ., VIENNA. Cheltenham, July 3, 1815. ..."
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