handsomely

Definition

Regarding a person's action: in a handsome or good-looking manner.

Etymology

From handsome + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).

Example Sentences

• "a handsomely brooding man"
• "I was handsomely praised for my part in stopping the robber."
• "She can lulle a childe as hãſomly [hansomly] a ſlepe as it were a woman of thirty yere olde: […]"