Definitions
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 ; inshipshape 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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Examples
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These banks are profiting handsomely from the exploitation of minority communities, behavior they disguise by using payday lenders as their "undercover brothers."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities RJ 2010
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These banks are profiting handsomely from the exploitation of minority communities, behavior they disguise by using payday lenders as their "undercover brothers."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities RJ 2010
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The BofACEO is one of very few who benefited handsomely from the financial crisis and may have had a part in causing the disaster, he don't deserve squat!
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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These banks are profiting handsomely from the exploitation of minority communities, behavior they disguise by using payday lenders as their "undercover brothers."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities RJ 2010
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The BofACEO is one of very few who benefited handsomely from the financial crisis and may have had a part in causing the disaster, he don't deserve squat!
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The Chinese government profits handsomely from the labor camp system by allowing goods made with forced labor to enter both domestic and international markets.
Heidiminx: Can ABC World News get Answers? Heidiminx 2010
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First of all, they have benefitted handsomely from the rigged economy that we have been living in for 25 years.
Health care proposals need more work, health secretary says 2009
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The BofACEO is one of very few who benefited handsomely from the financial crisis and may have had a part in causing the disaster, he don't deserve squat!
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The Chinese government profits handsomely from the labor camp system by allowing goods made with forced labor to enter both domestic and international markets.
Heidiminx: Can ABC World News get Answers? Heidiminx 2010
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These banks are profiting handsomely from the exploitation of minority communities, behavior they disguise by using payday lenders as their "undercover brothers."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Payday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit Minorities RJ 2010
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