pleasing to the eye en · ADJ
Meanings
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pleasant to look at; physically attractive
Compact strongly-built engines, with a capacity for hard work, they were, perhaps, not in the front rank of handsome locomotives, yet withal were pleasing to the eye.
1958 July 14, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, pages 493, 495:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pleasing to the eye | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pleasing to the eye | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |