handsome
Usage
What are other ways to say handsome?
Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.
Example Sentences
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In all that time, you’ve done nothing but draw a very handsome salary!”
From MarketWatch
“Suddenly here’s a chance: It’s paid for, and the donor is someone so successful, intelligent and handsome,” the doctor said.
Though generally handsome and admirably executed, they often remain impenetrable, enigmatic objects—carriers saddled with ideas—rather than autonomous, living sculptures in which form and content inextricably fuse.
Millie realizes she’s in over her head with Mrs. Winchester, but her saving grace is the warm and handsome Mr. Winchester.
From Los Angeles Times
Though Charlie is handsome and clever, he is a horrible person who meets all attempts to help him with the same cynical disdain.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
