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Meaning of 'handsome' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Handsome [ superl.]
- Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
- Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
- Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
- Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
- Ample; moderately large.

Meaning of 'handsome' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . handsome [ s]
Meaning (1):
- pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
Example in sentence:
  • a fine-looking woman;
  • a good-looking man;
  • better-looking than her sister;
  • our southern women are well-favored;
  • very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome
Meaning (2):
- given or giving freely
Example in sentence:
  • a freehanded host;
  • a handsome allowance;
  • a liberal backer of the arts;
  • a munificent gift;
  • bountiful compliments;
  • her fond and openhanded grandfather;
  • Saturday's child is loving and giving;
  • the bounteous goodness of God;
  • was a big tipper

Nearby Words:

han han sa han't hanap hanaper hance hanch hand hand flus hand staves

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