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/ˈhæn(t)s(ə)mli/ · adverb
Regarding a person's action: in a handsome or good-looking manner..
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: […]
[E]uerie morning after they are ryſen, they folde vp their ſheetes hanſomlie, laying them in the middeſt of the Bed, ⁊ ſo rowle it vp to one ende, couering it with the Quilt, that is their Couerlet all the night time.
[H]e took Diſpondencie’s Daughter, named Much-afraid, by the Hand, and to dancing they vvent in the Road. […] [T]he Girl vvas to be commended, for ſhe anſvvered the Muſick hanſomely.
[…] I compoſed a Treatiſe on Education; the firſt Rudiments of vvhich, as I taught, vvere to inſtruct a Child in the Science of coming handſomely into a Room.
VVell, my ſvveet miſtreſs, I'll try hovv handſomely your ladyſhip can caper in the air!
to dress handsomely
Use handsomely when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Handsomely means Regarding a person's action: in a handsome or good-looking manner..
Common synonyms include absolutely, all-out, tout à fait, all the way.
Possible antonyms include cheerly.
a handsomely brooding man
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