handsomely
in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
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How to use handsomely in a sentence
Large supermarket chains have profited handsomely during the pandemic.
As Cities Mandate Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers, Groceries Sue | Brendan Seibel | February 26, 2021 | EaterIn exchange, their work to end Covid-19 has rewarded pharmaceutical companies rather handsomely.
Big Pharma wants to help poor countries fight Covid-19—but they’d better pay | Annalisa Merelli | February 12, 2021 | QuartzApple improved dramatically on each concept and profited handsomely.
So do other developers, who can pay themselves handsomely while they pursue ideas that may never make it.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It. | by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica | October 1, 2020 | ProPublicaIn the decade since Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles, bought control of a hospital company named Prospect Medical Holdings for $205 million, the owners have done handsomely.
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances | by Peter Elkind with Doris Burke | September 30, 2020 | ProPublica
He spent most of his vacation as the guest of our printers in Philadelphia, and they entertained him handsomely.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGiven how infrequently new copies of the map appeared on the market, collectors would bid handsomely for the artifact.
As a boy, he once said, he acquired the throwing skill that served him handsomely later by killing quail with rocks.
At its current trading value, it could be a gamble that pays off handsomely.
Jeremy Piven was the holdout, but he has been convinced (and will be paid handsomely for it).
Eminem and Rihanna Release 'Monster,' New 'X-Men' Trailer Hits the Web | | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe dinner was handsomely attended, and the ball more handsomely still.
The boy took off his hat, and very handsomely addressed the cow, with "Your servant, madam."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various“There she goes, handsomely,” cried the men, as the engine again resumed work at reasonable speed.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe family were at their country-house at Botafogo; and a most excellent house it is, very handsomely built and richly furnished.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamA handsomely ornamented boat awaited us at the bank of the river, and on the other side a palanquin.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
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