adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a healthy/handsome/tidy profit (= big )
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By the second year, the restaurant began to make a healthy profit.
an attractive/handsome/pleasing etc appearance
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Large blue eyes set in a long thin face give him a striking and attractive appearance.
pretty/beautiful/handsome etc
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Her face was beautiful in the morning light.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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And Boy was as handsome as Chance Wayne, and he smiled as easily.
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This kindly knight in greasy overalls is as handsome and charming a prince as any young maiden could wish to meet.
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A handsome fellow, but not nearly as handsome as Nevil.
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She was as handsome as ever, and she belonged to him.
how
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She often forgot how handsome Georg was, especially lately when he always seemed to have a scowl on his face.
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The picture began to tremble in the hand that held it. How handsome he had been, his first friend!
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Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
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Nor could she deny how handsome he had remained.
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Strange how handsome he looked with the shadow concealing his ruined cheek a little.
more
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He was two years older than I, taller, more handsome , better at sport.
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Sometimes in Rome, in fact every day in Rome, I have seen men more handsome than Jasper.
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John had been best man; he looked so beautiful in morning dress, far more handsome than the groom.
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I had never seen a face more handsome .
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It was a year now since she had seen him, and he was more handsome than ever.
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He was still smiling, a charming, guileless smile that made him appear even more handsome than he already was.
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I only wish I were more handsome , as she's so beautiful.
most
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He was, she was certain, quite the most handsome man she had ever seen.
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Miscellaneous Fishes Batfishes of the genus Platax are among the most handsome and majestic of marine imports.
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Bernard's Bistro remains one of the most handsome rooms around.
so
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So elegant he was. So handsome .
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Ken so handsome in the firelight and the quiet.
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Oh, but he was so handsome !
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He was so handsome and she did love him dearly, despite Gareth Davis.
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And the gentlemen were so handsome , too, in their Hunt livery.
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He was like a child, so cute, so handsome and thin.
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It is a little disappointing that so handsome a book offers so breathless a review of the subject.
strikingly
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Sumner was a tall, strikingly handsome man with dark hair and a beard which turned white in old age.
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Both were attractive young men, but Wilfred in particular was strikingly handsome .
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They were wrapped in long, midnight-blue capes that disguised most of their shapes, but their uncovered faces were strikingly handsome .
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He was a strikingly handsome man, with shiny hair and dark skin and bright eyes.
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Now twenty-five winters old, Joseph was a powerfully built, strikingly handsome man.
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He looked so tall, so strikingly handsome in the deep blue suit and immaculate white shirt.
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He was petite like herself, but strikingly handsome .
very
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Supposedly very handsome , and not stupid, either.
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He was also very handsome and he knew it.
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He was quite tall and very handsome , and I guess he was his assistant.
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Andrew Manners had been an attractive child and now he was a very handsome man.
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He's about forty, very handsome - and rich.
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With dark hair rumpled by the wind, flushed face and those brilliantly blue eyes, he looked very handsome .
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I thought him very handsome when I was seven.
■ NOUN
devil
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He was a handsome devil , clever and presumably extremely well off.
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She said I was a handsome devil , too.
face
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Edgar Linton entered, his handsome face full of delight at receiving Catherine's unexpected invitation.
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He was tall and thin, with a sharp handsome face , and he walked in a loose, graceful way.
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Athelstan studied the extraordinarily handsome face and the beaming smile on Benedicta's.
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They stood up as she approached, but there was no smile of greeting on the handsome face of the younger man.
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The ruggedly handsome face looked impatient and his size was quite intimidating.
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He has a strong, handsome face , and is very popular among his people.
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There was a satisfied smile on his handsome face .
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A dark, handsome face stayed in her mind, the present man mixed with the past dream.
head
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A half-paralysed white sneering fellow-rather handsome head , but eyes with a lot of lashes.
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Harry Sargent had a handsome head of black hair, pale skin, and bright eyes, and affected a Byronic appearance.
man
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Rackam was supposedly a tall, dark-eyed, handsome man , and a great hand with the ladies.
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Sumner was a tall, strikingly handsome man with dark hair and a beard which turned white in old age.
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He had fine features, I thought, but he looked like every other handsome man I had ever seen.
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Alastair was a tall, handsome man , who would have looked very good striding over the heather in a kilt.
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One afternoon I was sitting in the Art Department office and an extremely handsome man in his late forties walked in.
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Andrew Manners had been an attractive child and now he was a very handsome man .
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John Kennedy was a handsome man .
prince
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She loved the handsome prince who was soon to be crowned, and he loved her - or so she believed.
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And then there was a brilliant light and the Beast turned into a handsome prince .
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For tonight at least, she was Anne Mowbray, sister-in-law to the handsome prince who was soon to be crowned.
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And if I had turned into a handsome prince Gillian would probably have shown me - him - the door.
profit
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And no fewer opportunities for turning handsome profits in the process.
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Another deal made while he was still in office helped net a handsome profit for his wife, Honey.
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By levying tolls and taxes on the traders, the owner of the fair could make a handsome profit .
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Hospitals can reap handsome profits that way.
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The ship returned with a hold full of wines and a handsome profit .
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Investors savvy enough to pick REITs that subsequently are taken over by other REITs stand to make handsome profits .
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Ford expects handsome profits from its phone business.
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They made handsome profits , just like the investors to whom Alexander spoke.
woman
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She was a handsome woman and no mistake.
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As the world knows, she is a stylish, handsome woman with an intense and intelligent manner.
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Nevertheless, she was a handsome woman and very competent and Modi persuaded her to pose for him nude.
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She was a handsome woman , Deborah, she was big.
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Gaby, a handsome woman of 30, was a very experienced and alluring person, madly in love with Modi.
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A handsome woman , with a streak of sensuality.
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She came to visit Streatlam to look at the horses and I thought what a very handsome woman she was.
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She was a handsome woman , grey haired like her brother.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
poor/lucky/handsome etc devil
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And the poor devil can't hide a thing from her.
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Eliot has it perhaps worse than I have - poor devil .
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He loathed the sterile ritual of inspections, and this poor devil in his untimely end had saved him from that.
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He was a handsome devil , clever and presumably extremely well off.
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I know bow the poor devil feels.
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I was driving past and tried to stop this poor devil getting beaten up.
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This isn't a propitious start for him, poor devil .
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What on earth was eating the poor devil ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a handsome colonial house
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a handsome gray-haired woman
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He looks really handsome in his uniform, doesn't he?
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Lena had fallen in love with a rich, handsome Frenchman.
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My brother was two years older than me, taller, and more handsome .
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Ozzie left a very handsome tip on the plate.
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Roy is still as handsome as ever.
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She received a handsome reward for finding the wallet.
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The big oil companies made a handsome profit out of the fuel crisis.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A handsome pin tucked away in the jewelry box on my dresser is testimony to this accomplishment.
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Bobby, gay and slender and handsome , has always lived in the ghetto.
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Christina backed away from Michael, whose handsome face was twisted and distorted by hatred.
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He was a tall, handsome man who had an air of confidence about him.
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His features were regular, rather ordinary, though some might well have thought him handsome .
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The foliage is handsome and the autumn colour is relatively long lasting, yellow and gold with the odd slash of red.
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The restaurant, open only for dinner, is handsome , cast in a warm golden light.