handsome in Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
handsome in Sindhi سنڌي
handsome in Tamil தமிழ்
handsome in English
- handsome⇄adj. 1. pleasing in appearance; good-looking. We usually say that a man is handsome, but that a woman is pretty or beautiful.
2. fairly large; considerable.
Ex. A thousand dollars is a handsome sum of money.
3. generous; liberal.handsome⇄adv. (Dialect.) handsomely.
Ex. Do you suppose highwaymen don't dress handsomer than that? (Dickens).handsome⇄adv. handsomely.handsome⇄expr. handsome is as handsome does, actions, not appearances, are what really count.
Ex. But handsome is as handsome does, and nobody could have grudged the winners the sparkling reward of a spirited if tantalizingly late comeback (London Times).handsome⇄handsome, adjective, adverb, -somer,-somest.handsome⇄noun handsomeness.