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looking

  • verb
  • look·ing
  • /ˈlʊkɪŋ/

as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.

Example

“dorky-looking”

Example sentences

  • “I'm not sure it's worth looking into.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Your sales are looking good this month.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
  • “They rode into the sunset without looking back.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "lōcian" (to look).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “looking” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.