Un*hand"some (?), a. 1.
Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing;
plain; homely.
Were she other than she is, she were
unhandsome.
Shak.
I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or
irregular . . . in the globe.
Woodward.
2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities;
dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as,
unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.
"Unhandsome pleasures." J. Fletcher.
3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
[Obs.]
The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome.
Holland.
A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very
unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man
to keep the passage.
Sir T. North.
-- Un*hand"some*ly, adv. --
Un*hand"some*ness, n.
Un*hand"some (?), a. 1.
Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing;
plain; homely.
Were she other than she is, she were
unhandsome.
Shak.
I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or
irregular . . . in the globe.
Woodward.
2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities;
dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as,
unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.
"Unhandsome pleasures." J. Fletcher.
3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
[Obs.]
The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome.
Holland.
A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very
unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man
to keep the passage.
Sir T. North.
-- Un*hand"some*ly, adv. --
Un*hand"some*ness, n.
