handsomely
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Is handsomely a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adv (English)
1. (now nautical) Without undue haste; carefully, slowly and steadily.Examples: "For the cold pain of the joynts. Take a clout dipt in melted vvax, lay it handſomely and as cloſely on as the ſick can endure it for one night, and it vvill cure it."; "Up with the helm, Tom.—Ease off the main sheet, handsomely, my lad—not too much.—Now, take in the slack, afore she jibes; […]"Antonyms: cheerly
2. (obsolete)obsolete
3. (obsolete)Examples: "So handſomely do all things fall in and agree together."; "He says very handsomely, in his own excuse, that he does not act for gain; that he indulges an innocent pleasure in it; and that it is better to pass away an evening in this manner, than in gaming and drinking: […]"Synonyms: fittinglyobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary