°(obsolete) Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
"That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. - Robynson (Utopia)"
°(of a man) Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity;
comely.
"Examples: a handsome man; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse."
verb
°To render handsome.
synonyms:
pretty