handsomer

Adjective

handsome (comparative more handsome or handsomer, superlative most handsome or handsomest)

1. Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
   • That is one handsome tree you've got there.
2. Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
   • I was struck dumb. Here was the most handsome man I’d ever seen in my life coming out of the surf.
3. Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
   • She was either handsome or her uniform created a flattering effect but—being very nearsighted—he couldn't tell from this distance.
4. Good, appealing, appropriate.
   • City have lapped up the plaudits this season for a series of handsome wins but manager Roberto Mancini has demanded that his side also learn to grind out results when they do not play well. He now has an example to point to.2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport
   1. (figuratively) Of weather, fine, clear and bright.
      • Sunday, the sixth, we heaved up our sheet-anchor again, the day beginning with little wind, and continued handsome weather till eight at night, when the wind came to S. S. W. and it fell a snowing.1808, John Pinkerton, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, page 513
   2. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
      • a handsome style

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