·adv In a handsome manner.
II. Handsomely ·adv Carefully; in shipshape style.
Signifies steadily or leisurely; as, "lower away handsomely," when required to be done gradually and...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Gently. ...
,or ease away there! To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully. ...
Are opposed to each other; the former being the order to lower gradually, and the latter to lower ex...