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handsome

[han-suhm] / ˈhæn səm /




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.


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The Ethiopians are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In that film, her character inherits a cozy Alaska inn from her aunt, and gets courted by the town’s handsomest attorney.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2018

Queen Victoria reputedly praised him as the handsomest man she had ever met.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2018

Truth to tell, some of the handsomest quilts are nothing but borders whose different patterns and shifting rhythms continue to the center, sometimes culminating in a compass rose.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2017

“Isn’t he the handsomest creature in the whole world?”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks




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