| a. | 1. | Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; - applied to things as persons. | |||
| 2. | 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; | ||||
| 3. | Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; | ||||
| 4. | Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous. | ||||
| 5. | Ample; moderately large.
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| v. t. | 1. | To render handsome. | |||
| Adj. | 1. | handsome - 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 |
| 2. | handsome - 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" |