Handsome vs. Pretty
Handsomeadjective
(of people, things, etc) Having a good appearance; good-looking.
Handsomeadjective
(of a man or boy) Visually attractive; pleasant looking, good-looking. Examples contradict label. Also, it seems to me that Austen uses "handsome" about women synonymously with "beautiful", so maybe that is an obsolete sense?
Handsomeadjective
(of a woman) Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.
Handsomeadjective
Good, appealing, appropriate.
Handsomeadjective
(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
Handsomeadjective
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
Handsomeadjective
Generous or noble in character.
Handsomeadjective
Ample; moderately large.
Handsomeadjective
Dexterous; skillful.
Handsomeverb
To render handsome.
Handsomeadjective
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; - applied to things as persons.
Handsomeadjective
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; - expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.
Handsomeadjective
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
Handsomeadjective
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsomeadjective
Ample; moderately large.
Handsomeverb
To render handsome.
Handsomeadjective
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;
Handsomeadjective
given or giving freely;
Prettyadjective
Pleasant in sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
Prettyadjective
Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
Prettyadjective
Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
Prettyadjective
Cunning; clever, skilful.
Prettyadjective
(dated) Moderately large; considerable.
Prettyadjective
(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
Prettyadjective
(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.
Prettyadverb
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
Prettyadverb
(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.
Prettynoun
A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
Prettynoun
Something that is pretty.
Prettyverb
To make pretty; to beautify
Prettyadjective
Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
Prettyadjective
Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
Prettyadjective
Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.
Prettyadjective
Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
Prettyadjective
Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
Prettyadverb
In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
Prettyadjective
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;
Prettyadjective
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
Prettyadverb
used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
Prettyadjective
(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
Prettyadjective
(of a thing) pleasing to the eye or the ear
Prettyadjective
used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure
Prettyadverb
to a moderately high degree; fairly
Prettynoun
an attractive thing, especially a trinket
Prettynoun
used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person
Prettyverb
make pretty or attractive
