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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James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
But Zoe doesn’t buy it – and is convinced that hunky counselor Ted is behind Liz’s disappearance.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
And then there's hunky Tyler (David Iacono), who dumps Tiffany for Lori during the dance.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Monica Vitti stars as the fiancée to Marcello Mastroianni’s Communist construction worker, but their relationship becomes complicated with the introduction of Giancarlo Giannini’s hunky pizza chef.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
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Adjective
Luckily, once the job is done, everything seems pretty hunky dory, as if there had never been any reckonings at all.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
But Zoe doesn’t buy it – and is convinced that hunky counselor Ted is behind Liz’s disappearance.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
And then there's hunky Tyler (David Iacono), who dumps Tiffany for Lori during the dance.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Monica Vitti stars as the fiancée to Marcello Mastroianni’s Communist construction worker, but their relationship becomes complicated with the introduction of Giancarlo Giannini’s hunky pizza chef.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025
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“Hunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunky. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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