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# handsome

«handsome» in Mova's school dictionary: **good-looking, usually said about a man or boy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (handsome, handsomer, handsomest; also more handsome, most handsome); adverb handsomely

### meaning for a pupil

1) Handsome means good-looking, usually said about a man or boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#m1)

2) A handsome animal, building or object is fine and attractive to look at, like a handsome horse or a handsome old house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#m2)

3) A handsome amount is large and generous, like a handsome reward or a handsome win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales the handsome prince is a common character; in everyday life it is a compliment. In news and sport «a handsome win» means winning by a lot. Phrases: «tall, dark and handsome», «a handsome reward», «a handsome profit».

### examples

- The handsome prince rode a white horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x1)
- Grandpa looks very handsome in his suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x2)
- What a handsome dog! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x3)
- They offered a handsome reward for the lost cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x4)
- The team won by a handsome margin of five goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x5)
- It is a handsome old building made of stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x6)
- She made a handsome profit selling lemonade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x7)
- Handsome is as handsome does, says the old proverb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x8)
- Guests were invited, and received handsome presents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/#x9)

### note

Silent d: say «HAN-sum». For women and girls people usually say «beautiful» or «pretty», though «handsome woman» exists too. The proverb «handsome is as handsome does» means good actions matter more than looks.

### In the corpora

- [beau means beautiful or handsome, but il fait beau simply means the weather is sunny and nice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/13-weather-and-seasons/16/)
- [clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.577/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handsome» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handsome/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.