handily

[ han-di-lee, -dl-ee ]

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.

ˈhandily

/ ˈhændɪlɪ /

adverb

1. in a handy way or manner
2. conveniently or suitably

   handily nearby

3. easily

   the horse won handily

Word History and Origins

Origin of handily¹

First recorded in 1605–15; handy + -ly

Example Sentences

At the same meeting, Cheney handily beat back a challenge to her leadership spot over her impeachment vote.

From Time

The Americans handily defeated the Canadian militia and entered the capital city of the province of Upper Canada.

From Washington Post

The Packers, Saints and Seahawks all took care of business rather handily, and each of them could still win the first-round bye — though all the Packers need to do is beat the Bears.

From FiveThirtyEight

In every competitive Senate race, Democrats handily out-fundraised Republicans.

From Washington Post

The Air’s FaceTime camera handily beats the MacBook Pro’s built-in option.

From Popular-Science

The “crying” incident is thought to have hurt Muskie in the primary--which he won handily, but with under 50 percent of the vote.

From The Daily Beast

The controversial Republican Glenn Grothman won a gerrymandered Wisconsin district handily Tuesday.

From The Daily Beast

To settle the matter, Putin and Rohrabacher engaged in an arm-wrestling match, which the future Russian president won handily.

From The Daily Beast

Both of the statewide candidates that he backed in his home state won their primaries handily.

From The Daily Beast

Young, who had finished in 5th place in the primary, won the nomination handily by a margin of 55%-45%.

From The Daily Beast

Then he handily served the very excellent dinner, and sat down at his solitary dining table.

From Project Gutenberg

He kicked so hard that one stone whistled past the head of Mr. Wordsley, who ducked handily.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, the volumes are printed in a form convenient for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket.

From Project Gutenberg

She ranged handily alongside, with her skipper half in and half out of the wheel-house.

From Project Gutenberg

Everybody in town yelled except Foley; he asked for a chew of tobacco, and not getting one handily, bit into his own piece.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cleverly
• conveniently
• easily
• smoothly