Handsome

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Pleasing in form or appearance, especially having strong or distinguished features.
  • adjective. Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive: synonym: beautiful.
  • adjective. Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable.
  • adjective. Marked by or requiring skill or dexterity.
  • adjective. Appropriate or fitting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make handsome; render pleasing or attractive.
  • Easy to handle or use; handy; ready; convenient.
  • Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; pleasing in proportions and aspect; having symmetry or harmony of parts; well formed and well attired, equipped, or arrayed: as, a handsome person or face; a handsome building; a handsome display.
  • Graceful in manner; marked by propriety and ease; becoming; appropriate: as, a handsome style; a handsome delivery or address.
  • Such as to suit one's convenience or desires; ample; large; on a liberal scale: as, a handsome income or outlay.
  • Characterized by or expressive of generosity or magnanimity: as, a handsome apology; a handsome action.
  • Synonyms Pretty, Fair, etc. See beautiful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To render handsome.
  • adjective. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
  • adjective. 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
  • adjective. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate
  • adjective. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
  • adjective. Ample; moderately large.
  • adjective. to act liberally.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
  • adjective. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive.
  • adjective. Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.
  • adjective. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate.
  • adjective. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
  • adjective. Ample; moderately large.
  • adjective. Having a good appearance
  • verb. To render handsome.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
  • adjective. given or giving freely
  • Word Usage
    ""I give it up," said I. "It's because I'm so _handsome_ -- we're _all_ handsome, you know, and"
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