hunkier; hunkiest
: being a hunk : attractive and usually well-built
the film's hunky leading man
variants
or less commonly Hunkie
plural Hunkies
dated, usually disparaging + offensive
: a person of central or east European birth or descent
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The hunky and hot heroes calendar is returning after a four-year hiatus.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
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—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
But dark secrets and hormones become issues, thanks to their latest enemy: demons disguised as a hunky boy band.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The hunky and hot heroes calendar is returning after a four-year hiatus.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
Chris, a hunky cavity-killer on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season, was no different, careening into the driveway of the Bachelor mansion in a zippy cupcake car.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Hunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunky. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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