handsome vs petty

handsome

adj
  • Ample; moderately large. 

  • Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly 

  • Good, appealing, appropriate. 

  • Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect. 

  • Fine, clear and bright. 

  • Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way. 

  • Generous or noble in character. 

  • Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate. 

petty

adj
  • Little or small in size. 

  • Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary. 

  • Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns. 

  • Having little or no importance. 

  • Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate. 

noun
  • An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy. 

  • A class or school for young schoolboys. 

How often have the words handsome and petty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )