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Antonyms for handy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : han-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn di



Definition of handy

Origin :
  • c.1300, "skilled with the hands" (implied in surnames), from hand (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "conveniently accessible" is from 1640s.
  • adj nearby
  • adj easy to use
  • adj adept physically
Example sentences :
  • If half what they say is true, you're a handy lad with the guns.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • This was accomplished in 1845, when Mr. Handy made his final settlement.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • I can rig up a handy horse-stall with my spare spars and the grating.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I set my boots and Bud's side by side, where they'd be handy.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The last thing I did was to feel if my revolver were handy and my sword loose in the scabbard.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • I fastened my closed lantern to my belt and put my revolver in a handy pocket.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • It is customary in the Lossing Building to say, "We are so handy to the cars."
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • Long's it's round here somewheres I—why, I know where 'tis and—and it's handy.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It comes in handy for him, in politics and other ways, to have 'em that way.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Another wife or two to help me take care of him would come in handy.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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