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Handsomeness

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hand·some  (hnsm)
adj. hand·som·er, hand·som·est
1. Pleasing and dignified in form or appearance. See Synonyms at beautiful.
2. Generous or copious: a handsome reward. See Synonyms at liberal.
3. Marked by or requiring skill dexterity: did some handsome maneuvers on the skating rink.
4. Appropriate or fitting: a handsome location for the new school.
5. Large: a handsome price; won by a handsome margin.
[Middle English handsom, handy : hand, hand (from Old English) + -som, n. suff.; see -some1.]
handsome·ly adv.
handsome·ness n.
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Noun1.handsomeness - the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
good looks
beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses


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It was fresh--the smoke-curing had just begun--and, save for the closed eyes, all the sullen handsomeness and animal virility of the boy, as Joan had known it, was still to be seen in the monstrous thing that twisted and dangled in the eddying smoke.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
She loved that sullen handsomeness that made him look so boyish, and, laughing and kissing him, she forced him into a chair, got off his coat, and unbuttoned shirt and undershirt and turned them in.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
She stopped a yard from her boy and made two or three admiring exclamations over his manly stature and general handsomeness, and Tom put an arm under his head and hoisted a leg over the sofa back in order to look properly indifferent.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
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