handsomely
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of handsomely
Example Sentences
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But that’s unlikely to last for long—odds are that some other team will pay him handsomely to actually become their starter next year.
It never feels like Brooks has a grasp on the material, which careens aimlessly through Ella’s harried day-to-day in a handsomely bland, serviceable style.
From Los Angeles Times
The wager has so far paid off handsomely: AMD’s market cap has nearly quadrupled to more than $350 billion, and the company recently inked major deals to supply chips to OpenAI and Oracle.
Executives embraced radical candor, paid staff handsomely and viewed high turnover as a sign of success.
"These companies engineered a public health crisis, they profited handsomely, and now they need to take responsibility for the harm they have caused," said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement.
From BBC
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