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hunky

[huhng-kee] / ˈhʌŋ ki /
ADJECTIVE
being handsome and well-built
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He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

One was the awestruck girl from the South discovering New York City for the first time, another was the hunky model, aspiring actor, and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"We have a further letter, and that's from HMP Blundeston, and a signed photograph of Reggie lifting some weights and looking quite hunky," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

In the hit TV show, the character Sydney Adamu, a Black unapologetically ambitious sous-chef, is attempting to help the show’s hunky, emotionally touchy male protagonist transform his dead brother’s sandwich shop into a Michelin-star restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

He’s so awesomely gorgeous and manly and hunky.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King