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Synonyms for handily


Grammar : Adv
Spell : han-di-lee, -dl-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn dɪ li, -dl i



Définition of handily

Origin :
  • "easily," 1610s, from handy + -ly (2). Earlier it meant "done by hand" (late 14c.).
  • adv skillfully
Example sentences :
  • Mayo went at his new tasks so handily that he passed muster as an able seaman.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Handily she went up, making the most of the footholds that offered.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Deities would never be able to move about handily in any country.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Handily situated, at your very elbow, is opportunity for this.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • If he were able to get away that night, as he hoped, it might come in handily for breakfast.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Silver Car » by Wyndham Martyn
  • Boys who could handily whip him, and knew it, backed away from this onslaught.
  • Extract from : « Whilomville Stories » by Stephen Crane
  • But not many are taught to swing the croup at all; very few can do so handily.
  • Extract from : « Patroclus and Penelope » by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
  • His death must have come in handily, people said, and they said no more—just then.
  • Extract from : « A Life For a Love » by L. T. Meade
  • On the way, I kept a sharp outlook, holding my gun, handily.
  • Extract from : « The House on the Borderland » by William Hope Hodgson
  • A large box is handily made of what is necessary to replace any substance.
  • Extract from : « Tender Buttons » by Gertrude Stein

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