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Meaning of handsome

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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