beautiful

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W2S1 [ˈbju:tıfəl] adj

1.) someone or something that is beautiful is extremely attractive to look at

▪ She was even more beautiful than I had remembered.

▪ a beautiful bunch of flowers

2.) very good or giving you great pleasure

= ↑lovely

▪ beautiful music

▪ What a beautiful shot!

▪ The weather was beautiful.

>beautifully adv

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WORD CHOICE: beautiful, pretty, handsome, good-looking, attractive, gorgeous, stunning

beautiful is used to describe someone, usually a woman or child, who is attractive in a very special and noticeable way.

pretty is usually used to describe a girl or woman who is good-looking, with regular features. It can also be used to describe a boy or young man who has an attractive but feminine face.

handsome is usually used to describe a man or boy who is good-looking, with strong regular features. It can also be used to describe a woman, usually an older woman, who has attractive but masculine features.

good-looking can be used to describe anyone who you think is nice to look at.

attractive is used to describe someone who looks good in a way that attracts sexual interest : I can see he's handsome, but I don't find him very attractive.

gorgeous and stunning are emphatic ways of saying that someone is very attractive. Gorgeous is used mostly in spoken English.

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