adv
Freq #23186
Meanings
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adv
in a generously handsome manner
India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men.
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adv
in an attractively handsome manner
The volume was handsomely bound.
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adv
Regarding a person's action: in a handsome or good-looking manner.
A handsomely brooding man.
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adv
In a manner conforming to accepted standards of behaviour; appropriately, decently, graciously; also (more strongly), generously, magnanimously.
I was handsomely praised for my part in stopping the robber.
Etymology
From handsome + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).