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 , 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; Saturdays 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 , giving , liberal , openhanded ]

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