handsome

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  1. adjective Pleasing and dignified in form or appearance. See Synonyms at beautiful.
  2. adjective Generous or copious: a handsome reward. See Synonyms at liberal.
  3. adjective Marked by or requiring skill dexterity: did some handsome maneuvers on the skating rink.
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  • His face was grossly disfigured by scars, but she noticed only the silver flecks in what she called his handsome eyes. —  Garwood, Julie - The Prize
  • Ardita scarcely touched her food as she watched his dark young face--handsome, ironic, faintly ineffectual He began life as a poor kid in a Tennessee town, he said, so poor that his people were the only white family in their street. —  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories
  • They are the cyber version of handsome -- they write beautifully, know just what you want to hear and tell you. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • (Nor is Dillahunt -- handsome, buff and eventually shirtless -- any match for David Hess 'Krug in palpable psychopathy.) —  Variety.com
  • Gentleman is the perfect villain - handsome, mysterious and evil. —  caribousmom
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English handsom, handy : hand, hand (from Old English) + -som, n. suff.; see -some1.

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  1. Early modern English also handsom; from Middle English handsom, handsum, hansum, easy to handle or use (= Dutch handzaam, tractable, serviceable, = German dial. handsam, convenient, favorable); from hand, hand, + -some. For the development of sense from ‘handy, dexterous,’ to ‘beautiful,’ cf. the similar development of pretty from Anglo-Saxon prætig, prættig, tricky: see pretty.
  2. from handsome, adjective
 

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