handsomeness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HAND'SOMENESS, noun A moderate degree of beauty or elegance; as the handsomeness of the person or of an edifice. 1. Grace; gracefulness; ease and propriety in manner.
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