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handsome

adjective as in attractive

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adjective as in considerable

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One aggravating visual tic is that most of the male characters are photocopies of each other, a stack of handsome men with sandy brown goatees.

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By comparison, Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy Jr. was energetic, youthful, handsome, and charismatic.

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New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a similar stance, urging transparency for traders in Congress who may have made a handsome sum on advance knowledge.

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Luca, a handsome, tattooed pastry chef, first appeared in Season 2, but Poulter reprised the role in the Season 3 finale, much to the delight of fans.

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Former engineer Butchard was keen to capture the "vibrancy" of his native Liverpool, which he describes as a "really handsome" and "friendly" modern world city.

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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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