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Definition: ILL-LOOKING

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a bad look; threatening; ugly.[Websters]
2. Being ugly. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ill-lookingly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(ill-lookingly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ill-looking.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Ill-looking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references)

Definition: ILL-LOOKING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a bad look; threatening; ugly.[Websters]
2. Being ugly. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ill-lookingly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(ill-lookingly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ill-looking.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ILL-LOOKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references)