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ADJECTIVE:1. Pleasing to the eye or mind: attractive, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, lovely, prepossessing, sweet, taking, tempting, winning, winsome. See LIKE. 2. Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots : bonny. Idioms: easy on the eyes. See BEAUTIFUL.
ADVERB:To some extent: fairly, rather. Idioms: more or less. See BIG.
 
 
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