handsomely
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handsomely (comparative more handsomely, superlative most handsomely)
- In a handsome or attractive manner.
- a handsomely brooding man
- dress handsomely
- Generously (especially with regards money).
- I was handsomely rewarded for my part in tracking down the thief.
- 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Koeman gets paid handsomely (and more or less the same amount) if he does the job, if he gets fired or if his contract gets renewed.
- Impressively, thoroughly; vigorously.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 73:
- Still, he tucked in handsomely to bacon and tomato on fried bread, felicitating himself on the considered wisdom of his arrival in the character of guest to Bradly.
- (nautical) Carefully; in shipshape style; without undue haste.