adjective
- Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion."a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored- Lillian Hellman
- synonyms: fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, well-favored, well-favoured
- Given or giving freely.
- usage: "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
- synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded
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