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Thesaurus: handsome

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

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  1. superl. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
  2. superl. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
  3. superl. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
  4. superl. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
  5. superl. Ample; moderately large.
  6. adj. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
  7. adj. given or giving freely
  8. j:100 s pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion s given or giving freely