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WELL-FAVOURED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does well-favoured mean?
• WELL-FAVOURED (adjective)
The adjective WELL-FAVOURED has 1 sense:
1. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
Familiarity information: WELL-FAVOURED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
Synonyms:
better-looking; fine-looking; good-looking; handsome; well-favored; well-favoured
Context example:
our southern women are well-favored
Similar:
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
Context examples
“Is he well-favoured?”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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