Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
in an attractively handsome manner;
- Example: "the volume was handsomely bound"2.
in a generously handsome manner;
- Example: "India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Handsomely \Hand"some*ly\, adv.
1. In a handsome manner.
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2. (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
handsomely
adv 1: in an attractively handsome manner; "the volume was
handsomely bound"
2: in a generously handsome manner; "India has responded
handsomely by providing 3,000 men"