Handsome - Definition

handsome

adj 1: pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity
to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman";
"a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister";
"very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"-
Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian
Hellman [syn: fine-looking, good-looking, better-
looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured]
2: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving
and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent
gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big,
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]

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