handsome

Words with a similar base: handsome

'handsome'

[fine-looking.s.01] as in: pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; ; ; ; - Thackeray; - Lillian Hellman

Examples:
a fine-looking woman
a good-looking man
better-looking than her sister
very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome
our southern women are well-favored

'handsome'

[big.s.11] as in: given or giving freely

Examples:
was a big tipper
the bounteous goodness of God
bountiful compliments
a freehanded host
a handsome allowance
Saturday's child is loving and giving
a liberal backer of the arts
a munificent gift
her fond and openhanded grandfather

Origins

					handsome (English)
├── -some (English)
│   └── σῶμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── hand (English)

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