What does "well-favoured" mean?

Good-looking or pleasing to the eye; handsome.

What is a synonym for "well-favoured"?

Common synonyms include: beautiful, better-looking, comely, esculent, fine-looking, good-looking.

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Adjective

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Good-looking or pleasing to the eye; handsome. dated
"Now leaps he upright, Joggs me, & cryes, Do you see Yonder well favoured youth? Which? Oh, 'tis hee That dances so divinely; […]"

Adjective

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pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion wordnet

"Now leaps he upright, Joggs me, & cryes, Do you see Yonder well favoured youth? Which? Oh, 'tis hee That dances so divinely; […]"

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