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handsome

Speech parts

1. handsome - Adjective

2. handsome - Verb

4. handsome - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

a fine-looking woman Source: Internet

a good-looking man Source: Internet

better-looking than her sister Source: Internet

very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome Source: Internet

our southern women are well-favored Source: Internet

was a big tipper Source: Internet

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