: giving an impression of solid worth or substance
solid-looking citizens

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However, economists cautioned that the solid-looking topline employment numbers mask underlying weakness in the labor market. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 8 May 2026 Certainly the hands had been red and solid-looking, Leonora remembered, through being steeped in hot water and disinfectant, perhaps. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 The small, solid-looking spikes found along the edges of later ankylosaurs? — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025 There are an array of both fan favorite and niche characters, solid-looking action, and enough emotive force to drive an interesting story. — Callum Booth, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 For tens of thousands of years, natural asphalt seeped to the surface, creating deceptively solid-looking pools. — Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 When the plane taxied to the dock, all of us were pleased to see that base camp was really a solid-looking haven in this far wilderness. — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of solid-looking was in 1840

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“Solid-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solid-looking. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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