Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HAND'SOME-LY
HAND'SOME-LY, adv.
- Dextrously; cleverly; with skill. Spenser.
- Gracefully; with propriety and ease.
- Neatly; with due symmetry or proportions; as, a thing is handsomely made or finished.
- With a degree of beauty; as, a room handsomely furnished or ornamented.
- Amply; generously; liberally. She is handsomely endowed.
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