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handsome in English:

1. physically attractive physically attractive



English word "handsome"(physically attractive) occurs in sets:

Synonyms for the adjectives "beautiful" and "attra...
Synonyms for the adjectives "beautiful" and "attra...

2. fit


I end up unconsciously trying to get fit as summer draws near.
We humans have a great way of twisting facts to fit our conclusion as soon as we have made one.
I'm fit.
If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe.
In South Korea, the most powerful member of a family, usually the oldest living male, has the power to send members of his family to a psychiatric hospital as he sees fit.
There are gaps between the boards in the box. If you fit them in snugly, you'll get more use out of the box.
We've got taller so they don't fit. "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."
But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
Keeping your heart fit and strong can slow down the ageing of your brain, say researchers.
Dad runs in the park three times a week, so he’s very fit.
suitable, right, proper, adequate, corresponding, applicable fit, due, meet, likely, congenial, required, correspondent, homologous, opportune,
And, if I was going to the gym, I'd have to carry, maybe, a backpack, uh, to fit my sneakers and my change of clothes because my briefcase wasn't big enough.
I found working out hard at first because I wasn't very fit, but it's much better now.
How did you fit a briefcase into your pocket?! the woman asked, stunned.

English word "handsome"(fit) occurs in sets:

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3. attractive


She is attractive.
If you are not satisfied with your share, I'll make it a bit more attractive.
It's not that I seriously like him. I just find him very attractive.
She spent ages trying to make herself look attractive for the photo.
Although the phrase "world peace" sounds attractive, the road to world peace is very long and full of troubles.
If Buddhism is attractive, it is because it appears as a possibility of touching the infinite and obtaining happiness without having any concrete religious obligations. A spiritual auto-eroticism of some sort.
Urban culture appears to be attractive to the younger generation.
People usually find it very difficult to break the ice when they meet someone extremely attractive for the first time.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New - the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardships and adventures.
In the carriage sat a gentleman, not attractive, but also not unattractive, not too fat nor too thin; one could not call him old, but he also was not too young.
Similarly, the strongest reasons for stopping are usually the short-term benefits (for example, feeling healthier and more attractive).
Although the idea of a safety net is attractive, it is not enough.
Would you buy a new car if you received an attractive offer?
These Aboriginal instruments have colourful attractive designs.