Definition of Handsomest

1. Adjective. (superlative of handsome) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handsomest

1. handsome [adj] - See also: handsome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handsomest

handshaking
handshakings
handshape
handshapes
handsier
handsiest
handsoap
handsoaps
handsome
handsomed
handsomely
handsomeness
handsomenesses
handsomer
handsomes
handsomest (current term)
handsoming
handspan
handspans
handspike
handspikes
handspring
handsprings
handspun
handstamp
handstamped
handstamping
handstamps
handstand
handstands

Literary usage of Handsomest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"The handsomest, Brightest, and Prettiest American Juvenile. New illustrations. New matter, new stories, and largest dollar juvenile this season. ..."

2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"... that I dare say he thought himself the handsomest man in Tierra del Fuego. After our first feeling of grave astonishment was over, nothing could be more ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... for suitable buildings; and it was then that the Gothic structure designed by Pugin, one of the handsomest college buildings in Europe, was erected. ..."

4. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"... in her youth and declared him to be the handsomest man at court except his brother Edward, confessedly the handsomest man of his clay. ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"This is one of the handsomest books of oriental travel which we know. The book pays special attention to the religious conditions of the Copts, ..."

6. The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1886)
"Brought the sunshine of his people, Minnehaha, Laughing Water, handsomest of all the women In the land of the Dacotahs, In the land of handsome women. XI. ..."

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