handsomely

1. 1.

   in an attractively handsome manner

   “the volume was handsomely bound”
2. 2.

   in a generously handsome manner

   “India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men”

Questions about handsomely

What does handsomely mean?

handsomely means "in an attractively handsome manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in handsomely?

handsomely has 3 syllables: hand-some-ly. The stress falls on "hand". In IPA it is /ˈhænsəmli/.

Is handsomely a common word?

handsomely is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.