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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a handsome manner; agreeably; generously.
  • Nautical, carefully and steadily; in shipshape style: as, to lower handsomely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a handsome manner.
  • adverb (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a handsome manner.
  • adverb nautical Carefully; in shipshape style.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a generously handsome manner
  • adverb in an attractively handsome manner

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