Crossword clues for handsomeness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Handsomeness \Hand"some*ness\, n. The quality of being handsome.
Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the
mere imaginative.
--Hare.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being handsome.
WordNet
n. the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) [syn: good looks]
Usage examples of "handsomeness".
The man was at least a couple of centimeters taller than she was, with broad shoulders and a face that actually had a sort of rough handsomeness, and he wore the insignia of a first lieutenant in the People’.
The man was at least a couple of centimeters taller than she was, with broad shoulders and a face that actually had a sort of rough handsomeness, and he wore the insignia of a first lieutenant in the People's Marines, which she assumed denoted the same rank for State Security ground forces, as well.
He had on tight tan trousers and knee-high Hessian boots with tassels, and the white silk cravat visible between the high wings of the coat's collar gave him, he thought, if not an air of rakish handsomeness, at least one of dignity.
It didn't improve handsomeness or produce visions of Adonis, nor did it jolly up the pheromones.
His face was likewise unobtrusive, which was surprising when you considered how narrowly it missed handsomeness through the least meagerness of mouth ?
His face was likewise unobtrusive, which was surprising when you considered how narrowly it missed handsomeness through the least meagerness of mouth — a mark of the too cautious man.
A handsome man who wasn't in love with his handsomeness, who treated her with deference, who was easy to talk to, who related to her as a human being, not a potential sexual conquest.