Better-looking
Better-looking adjective - Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
Usage example: better-looking than her sister
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Synonyms for Better-looking
Handsome is a synonym for better-looking. In some cases you can use "Handsome" instead an adjective phrase "Better-looking".
Handsome
Handsome adjective - Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
Usage example: "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray
Better-looking is a synonym for handsome. You can use "Better-looking" instead an adjective "Handsome".
Nearby Words: handsomeness, handsomely
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Both words in one sentence
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In the film he is better-looking than even the actor who plays the supposedly handsome Osborne.
Source: Series / Wives and Daughters -
They're all very handsome, except for Ungaro, who looks like this.◊ He also works for the main villain of Part 6, though two of his better-looking brothers are working for him too.
Source: Beauty Equals Goodness -
Carrera was damn cute, and Henry was much better-looking, also—but perhaps even more so than Henry was his father, James, who was very handsome.
Source: I Was Quite a Looker
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