Handsome
['hæns(ə)m] or ['hænsəm]
Definition
(superl.) Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
(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.
(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.) Ample; moderately large.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Beautiful (with dignity or grandeur) comely, fair, PRETTY, well-formed, well-proportioned.[2]. Generous, liberal, disinterested, noble, magnanimous.[3]. Ample, sufficient, plentiful.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Comely, good-looking, generous, liberal, beautiful, ample, pretty, graceful,lovely, elegant
ANT:Uncomely, ill-looking, ungenerous, illiberal, unhandsome
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Definition
adj. good-looking well-proportioned graceful: with dignity: liberal or noble: generous: ample.—adv. Hand′somely.—n. Hand′someness.
Typist: Nicholas
Unserious Contents or Definition
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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Examples
- WINKLE [The above is a manly and handsome acknowledgment of past misdemeanors. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It is a pity they are not handsome! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- What's he up to in the case of your friend the handsome gal? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was admiring the boy's handsome dark eyes, when the mother, young Mrs. Leigh, entered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His handsome face was distorted with a spasm of despair, and his hands tore at his hair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His face was very handsome--the handsomest, thought D'Arnot, that he had ever seen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Confound you handsome young fellows! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He has a watch and a chain and a ring and a breast-pin and a handsome suit of clothes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Sir James interpreted the heightened color in the way most gratifying to himself, and thought he never saw Miss Brooke looking so handsome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You said she was the handsomest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His face was very handsome--the handsomest, thought D'Arnot, that he had ever seen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I wonder which she will think the handsomest, Henry or John? Jane Austen. Emma.
- He brought with him, one day, a young man, whom I thought the handsomest I had ever seen. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And again, If she ben't one o' th' handsomest, she's noan faal and varry good-natured; and i' his een she's fair beautiful, onybody may see that. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Seen from the anchorage or from a mile or so up the Bosporus, it is by far the handsomest city we have seen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Duke thinks her the handsomest girl in the room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And he, the very handsomest man that ever was, and a man that every body looks up to, quite like Mr. Knightley! Jane Austen. Emma.
- I would have had the handsomest carriage in London, and a box at the opera; and I would have been presented next season. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mrs. Orby Hunter says you are the handsomest woman in the house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Even from behind they are handsomer and have more sense than these people. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He will be marquis some day, and there is no denying that she would make a good marchioness: she looks handsomer than ever in her mourning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No, it is not handsomer, not at all handsomer in its way, and, for my purpose, not half so fit. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But he looked handsomer than I had seen him look for many a day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I think our women are much handsomer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My dear, you're handsomer than ever! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It will cost but little more than a common glass, and will look much handsomer and more creditable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Handsomer than Thomasin Yeobright, the reddleman persisted, saying to himself, God forgive a rascal for lying! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In this picturesque dress he looked handsomer than ever, and had quite recovered his bombastic air, which terror had deprived him of during the storm. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And she was handsomer, but the reddleman was far from thinking so. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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