handsome
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈhændsəm/
:
considerable
- Those who win all six games will receive a handsome cash prize.
- handsome profits
- handsome dividend
- handsome sum
All three of you guys will receive handsome prizes.
- All three of you guys will receive handsome prizes.
- I would say my goals are more focused personally and on living my life and enjoying my life with the now very handsome salary that I have.
- And you deserve to make money and do make a handsome living doing the thing that makes you, you know, come alive the most in life.
Examples
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And you deserve to make money and do make a handsome living doing the thing that makes you, you know, come alive the most in life.
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If you can help him, there'll be a handsome reward, I can assure you.
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The sale typically brings a handsome sum of money to the physician.
Academic text (1996) -
They pay a handsome price, I suppose.
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We had a refund from the tax office, a free and handsome windfall.
Fiction book (1992) -
Undoubtedly, staying on good terms with China and Japan simultaneously can bring Taiwan handsome economic and security dividends.
Academic text (2014) -
Administrators need to accept and embrace this attitude because it pays handsome dividends in the form of breakthrough ideas.
Academic text (2001) -
Whomsoever he determines has made the greatest advances in the field of medicine, will be awarded the Royal Seal and a handsome monetary reward.
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Meanwhile, Verish was paid a handsome sum and the dealers received valuable samples of other meteorites.
Academic text (2001) -
Participants in the charity event will receive a handsome donation for their efforts to help the community.
Synonyms
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2.7
Generous and willing to forgive others
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3.9
Giving a lot of something like money or praise
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4.9
Having a lot of something, especially food or things grown in a garden
3
7.3
Giving a large amount freely, like food or money
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2.6
Being kind and generous and willing to help others
Giving money or help freely without holding back
A person who gives money, time, or help freely to others
Compounds
- Informal
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7.0
A man who is attractive and playfully charming and sometimes hard to trust
How Generous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handsome also came to mean 'generous' or 'large' because things that felt 'good in the hand' were often solid and plentiful. So a handsome gift is one given in a large, generous way.