a. 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. [ 1913 Webster ] Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. “Unhandsome pleasures.” J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Un*hand"some*ly, adv. -- Un*hand"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |