handsomely

adverb

hand·​some·​ly

1

: in a handsome manner

a handsomely bound book

a handsomely large donation to charity

2

nautical

a

: slowly and carefully

ease off a line handsomely

b

: in a shipshape manner

the yacht hove alongside handsomely

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