Definition of Handsome

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(superl.)
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
  

(superl.)
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
  

(superl.)
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
  

(superl.)
Ample; moderately large.
  

(superl.)
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.
  

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handsome
\hand"some\ (?; 277), a. [compar. handsomer (?); superl. handsomest.] [hand + -some. it at first meant, dexterous; cf. d. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and e. handy.]
1. dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons. [obs.] that they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. --robynson (utopia). for a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him.
2. 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.
3. suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc. easiness and handsome address in writing.
4. evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous. handsome is as handsome does.
5. ample; moderately large. he accumulated a handsome sum of money. knox.

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Hardd = a. towering; handsome

Harddiad = n. a rendering handsome

Prydferth = a. handsome, comely

Tlos = a. pretty, fair, handsome

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Adjective
1. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
(synonym) fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, well-favored, well-favoured
(similar) beautiful
2. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
(synonym) big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded
(similar) generous

To see yourself handsome-looking in your dreams, you will prove yourself an ingenious flatterer.

To see others appearing handsome, denotes that you will enjoy the confidence of fast people.
  

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v. 'IH

agreeable; handsome
  

handsome; agreeable
  

handsome; trumpet; that does good