another word for mandatory and handsome

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Hello,

I need some help finding the correct words.

The sentences are,

(after describing the garden)...
Absence of benches made it compulsory for one to sit on the grass should he seek fresh air outside the villa.

Compulsory doesn't read well. It's like sitting on the grass if the only option should one want to sit.

And...

(after describing the man)...
In the recent poll run by Modal Magazine he was voted to have the most solid(handsome, stony, solid, rock hard, curvy?) face in the world.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Hello,

I need some help finding the correct words.

The sentences are,

(after describing the garden)...
Absence of benches made it compulsory for one to sit on the grass should he seek fresh air outside the villa.

Compulsory doesn't read well. It's like sitting on the grass if the only option should one want to sit.

And...

(after describing the man)...
In the recent poll run by Modal Magazine he was voted to have the most solid(handsome, stony, solid, rock hard, curvy?) face in the world.

Thanks in advance.

'Necessary' for the first one.

And for the second...how about 'well-made'? That implies good looks but sounds less cliched than handsome.
 

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ruggedly handsome might work for you.
 

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I suppose handsome to sit and mandatory face are out of the question.
 

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top choice

top choice
 

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For mandatory, the word necessary comes to mind. Or required. Or involuntary.

Or even, there were no benches, so they had to sit on the ground.

For handsome:

Good looking, nice looking, gorgeous (women do describe men that way sometimes)?
 
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