That they [engines of war] be both easy to be
carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.
--Robynson
(Utopia).
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was
first invented for him. --Spenser.
2. 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.