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Webster 1913 Edition


Handsomeness

Hand′some-ness

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Noun.
The quality of being handsome.
Handsomeness
is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Handsomeness

HAND'SOMENESS

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Noun.
A moderate degree of beauty or elegance; as the handsomeness of the person or of an edifice.
1.
Grace; gracefulness; ease and propriety in manner.