Handsome superl. : Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

Handsome superl. : 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.

Handsome superl. : Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.

Handsome superl. : Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

Handsome superl. : Ample; moderately large.

Example:
How or why the association to Handsome and beautiful became gender specific?

Taxonomy
Dury, Ian Dury, Pam's Moods, Rough Kids, Song, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Kilburn, Roads, bonus tracks, free encyclopedia, chronology, Mumble Rumble And The Cocktail Rock, Mixes, Upminster Kid, Crippled With Nerves, Broken Skin, Patience, Thank You Mum.

Defination from the web:
Handsome is the debut album of the Ian Dury rock group Kilburn and the High-Roads. The band had apparently originally wanted to call the album No Hand Signals. ... all of his solo albums and many of his solo singles but instead of including tracks from either Handsome or Wotabunch! ...