Definition for HAND'SOME-LY

HAND'SOME-LY, adv.

  1. Dextrously; cleverly; with skill. Spenser.
  2. Gracefully; with propriety and ease.
  3. Neatly; with due symmetry or proportions; as, a thing is handsomely made or finished.
  4. With a degree of beauty; as, a room handsomely furnished or ornamented.
  5. Amply; generously; liberally. She is handsomely endowed.

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