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handsome

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handsome in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  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
    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"
    big  bighearted  bounteous  bountiful  freehanded  handsome  giving  liberal  openhanded 
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