Handsomely

Examples

• I said I thought that would do handsomely. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In the close, handsomely furnished room of a London hotel! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughton at Covent Garden. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• With it and the harness which you may select there will be no more handsomely accoutred warrior in all Zodanga. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He is, of course, handsomely paid, and he associates almost on a footing of equality with the highest society. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He spoke very handsomely of my late tractate on the Egyptian Mysteries,--using, in fact, terms which it would not become me to repeat. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• On their arrival the Jew clothed the boy handsomely and instructed him in the first rudiments of his art. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It is not worth my while,' pursues Podsnap, becoming handsomely mollified, 'and it is the reverse of important to my position. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If I make pretty handsomely on one or two next gangs, he thought, I reckon I'll stop off this yer; it's really getting dangerous. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They would have a front pew in the most expensive church in New York, and his name would figure handsomely in the list of parish charities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I won't deduct for it; I look to you to make it up handsomely by keeping the expenses down. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He writes handsomely, doesn't he, Susan? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She is handsomely dressed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Really very handsomely done! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Well, you'll let me have the boy, though, said the trader; you must own I've come down pretty handsomely for him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He was a man of about sixty, handsomely dressed, haughty in manner, and with a face like a fine mask. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Peggotty had a basket of refreshments on her knee, which would have lasted us out handsomely, if we had been going to London by the same conveyance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Pitt's got fat, too, and is doing the thing handsomely. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Oh, my dear, you must do things handsomely where there's last illness and a property. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A large-boned lady, long past middle age, sat at work in a grim handsomely-furnished dining-room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She was handsomely dressed in stout black silk, of which not a thread was worn or discoloured. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It was a very genteel entertainment, very handsomely served. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I feel sure that they would be glad to take this house from us with most of our furniture, and they would be willing to pay handsomely for the lease. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Every street in Horta is handsomely paved with the heavy Russ blocks, and the surface is neat and true as a floor--not marred by holes like Broadway. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Four times five will do handsomely, will it? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Everything was done handsomely, in respect of the funeral, I say again, and master went down to attend the burying in the country himself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lily has her own income--and I provide for her very handsomely-- Oh, we all know that, interposed Miss Stepney drily. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Miles bivouacked for the night on the ground which he with Sheridan had carried so handsomely by assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Whatever he had a hand in must be managed handsomely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He knew that Mr. Welland, who was behaving very handsomely, already had his eye on a newly built house in East Thirty-ninth Street. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

Editor: Ozzie