nice-looking

nice-looking
adjective attractive: Do you really think he's nice-looking? nicely /'naIsli/ adverb
1 WELL in a satisfactory or pleasing way: The car seems to be running nicely now it's been fixed. | We were managing quite nicely till you started interfering. | My legs are getting nicely tanned.
2 IN A FRIENDLY/PLEASANT WAY in a pleasant, polite, or friendly way: I hope you thanked Mrs Deville nicely.
3 be doing nicely (for yourself) to be successful and be earning a lot of money: I've heard Malcom's doing very nicely for himself out in Japan.
4 will do nicely spoken if something will do nicely, it is suitable for a particular purpose: “Is this knife big enough?” “Yes, it'll do nicely.”
5 EXACTLY formal exactly or carefully: a nicely calculated distance

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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