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hand·i·ly
/
ˈhæn
dɪ
li, -dl
i
/
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[
han
-di-lee, -dl-ee
]
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adverb
1.
skillfully; dexterously; expertly:
to manage a boat handily.
2.
conveniently:
The books were handily at his side.
3.
easily:
We won handily.
4.
Midland U.S.
rightly; readily:
You can't handily blame him.
Origin:
1605–15;
handy
+
-ly
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handily
(ˈhændɪlɪ)
—
adv
1.
in a handy way or manner
2.
conveniently or suitably:
handily nearby
3.
(
US
), (
Canadian
) easily:
the horse won handily
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Example sentences
When she went to bed she piled, where she could get at them
handily
, all the shoes there were about her house.
Governance issues may therefore not always lend themselves so
handily
to such harmonization.
Emigrant wagons were constructed in such manner to permit them to ford streams
handily
without damaging their contents.
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