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Meanings of handsome in English
Given or giving freely.
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Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
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Examples for "pretty"
Examples for "pretty"
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Speaking to Good Morning Britain she said: The reality was pretty fantastic.
2
This is a pretty good way to answer that question, Bloys said.
3
And the answer is a pretty resounding 'yes,' he told Reuters Health.
4
The logical answer to the latter question seems pretty obvious: probably not.
5
She pretty much knew, without asking, the answer to that second question.
1
A tall, comely matron appeared in the door-andthe strangers hastened away.
2
A stately, beautiful, and comely personage; truly pious and fearing the Lord.
3
All this the comely dames of noble birth saw through the casements.
4
A comely person, moreover, well-spoken in negotiations, and very successful in undertakings.
5
He was indeed as comely as Catelyn had suspected he might be.
1
Have a good-looking photo which presents you in the best possible light.
2
He's a good-looking guy, he's young and the country needs young people.
3
He was courteous in manners, and in general appearance, genteel and good-looking.
4
He was interesting and fun and good and decent, and extremely good-looking.
5
Probably not the good-looking ones, just the ones you avoid at parties.
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About three months ago a fine-looking woman came in to see me.
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It was a wide, fine-looking street, on the outskirts of the town.
3
The fine-looking window and balcony are modern additions to this ancient building.
4
She chatted with the two fine-looking young midshipmen for a few moments.
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This fine-looking fellow was introduced, accompanied by five of his principal advisers.
1
Bobby Kennedy was infinitely better-looking than the President, but without his power.
2
Wood is much better-looking than Slappy, Kris said, mirroring her twin's sneer.
3
Every other snapshot printer we've tested created better-looking photos than this model.
4
They were also a lot richer, taller, skinnier, and better-looking than average.
5
The girl with him tonight was older than Penny Draeger; better-looking, too.
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He was a well-favored youth with an unlovely manner, haughty and cocksure.
2
He is a somewhat fleshy, well-favored person, and withal of prepossessing manners.
3
Hence she is called the well-favored harlot, the lady of kingdoms.
4
Gregory Kinnaird was well-favored physically, and bore the stamp of a military training.
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Never have I seen so well-favored a slave as thou art.
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She should be modestly well-favoured, as becomes her childish stage of development.
2
One of the men was tall and ill-favoured, the other, short and well-favoured.
3
He was reckoned well-favoured, but I cannot say that I found him so.
4
Nor was it to be wondered at, for they were a well-favoured pair.
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His mother a well-favoured old little woman, and a good woman, I believe.
Usage of handsome in English
1
And Wyatt is handsome,' Bonvisi says, 'in the English style, of course.
2
Photograph: HBO He is handsome, of course, though in a low-key way.
3
Father was dressed in his new Italian suit and looked extremely handsome.
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It wasn't long until a new tenant for the handsome house appeared.
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Now you just make some handsome sons and vote the right way.
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Of course, it helps that he is improbably handsome; almost disquietingly so.
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The handsome brother was certainly in love with her; the other, probably.
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Many funds were merely taking months of handsome profits off the table.
9
Singapore, Hungary, Canada and others offer handsome rebates to film production companies.
10
He was handsome, no question, but in a sort of sleazy way.
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The picture in question represented the unhappy dilemma of the handsome youth.
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He was a perfectly nice young man, and handsome, to be sure.
13
A handsome man? His tone was teasing, but his question was serious.
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He-she is indeed very beautiful-veryhandsome-whichever ;itdoesn't matter much, thinks Orlando.
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Just short of his middle years, handsome in a brooding, rugged fashion.
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Home was a handsome 1950s villa, soon full with their four children.
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Handsome across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Ireland
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