handily

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handily

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From handy + -ly. Compare Middle English hendily, hendiliche.

adverb more handily · most handily

  1. US In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently. As the mysteries of valetism are not very recondite or difficult to be acquired by an intelligent person, Lockwood, after a little practice, performed his functions handily enough; […]
  2. US Effortlessly; readily. He won the election handily.

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@misc{handily_2026,
  title = {handily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}