handsome

handsome is as handsome does character and behaviour are more important than good looks. proverb

☞ In this particular form the proverb dates from the mid 17th century. When used of behaviour, handsome really means 'chivalrous' or 'genteel', though in this saying it is often taken to refer to good looks. The original sense is made clear in the earlier version: goodly is he that goodly dooth.

high, wide, and handsome: seehigh.