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hunkier

hunkier is the comparative form of hunky.

Meaning of hunky

Adjective

hunky (comparative hunkier, superlative hunkiest)

  1. (informal) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
  2. Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
  3. (US, slang) All right; in good condition.
  4. (US, slang) even; square; on equal footing with.
    • […] he dropped like a brick into the firing line and began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him.1900, Stephen Crane, Wounds in the Rain

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Questions about hunkier

What is hunkier the comparative form of?
Hunkier is the comparative form of hunky.

Words near hunkier in the dictionary

  1. hunkers down
  2. hunkey
  3. hunkeys
  4. hunkidory
  5. hunkie
  6. hunkier
  7. hunkies
  8. hunkiest
  9. hunkily
  10. hunkiness
  11. Hunkins

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