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hand·i·ly

 (hăn′dĭ-lē, -dl-ē)
adv.
1. In an easy manner.
2. In a convenient manner.
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handily

(ˈhændɪlɪ)
adv
1. in a handy way or manner
2. conveniently or suitably: handily nearby.
3. US and Canadian easily: the horse won handily.
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hand•i•ly

(ˈhæn dɪ li, -dl i)

adv.
1. in a handy manner; dexterously.
2. easily: to win handily.
3. conveniently; accessibly.
[1605–15]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located"
2.handily - with no difficulty; "she beat him handily"
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handily

adverb
1. conveniently, readily, suitably, helpfully, advantageously, accessibly He was handily placed to slip the ball home at the far post.
2. skilfully, expertly, cleverly, deftly, adroitly, capably, proficiently, dexterously In the November election Nixon won handily.
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Translations

handily

[ˈhændɪlɪ] ADV
1. (= conveniently) [positioned, situated] → convenientemente, cómodamente
2. (= dexterously) → con habilidad, con destreza
3. (US) (= easily) [win] → fácilmente
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handily

adv
situatedgünstig
(US: = easily) winmit Leichtigkeit
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References in classic literature ?
I believe, myself, that they've seen such a knife, for Angelo pictured it out with his pencil too swiftly and handily for him to have been inventing it, and of course I can't swear that they've never had it; but this I'll go bail for--if they had it when they came to this town, they've got it yet."
A light land breeze was blowing, and the ship had been worked through the harbor's mouth under scant sail, but now that they had cleared the point every available shred of canvas was being spread that she might stand out to sea as handily as possible.
He evidently had, for he was soon back with a funny little work-bag, out of which he produced a thimble without a top; and, having threaded his needle, he proceeded to sew on the buttons so handily that Rose was much impressed and amused.
I took the tiller, and Charley sat down on a thwart amidships, placing his revolver handily beside him.
But to let them see how nature made artificers at first, I carried the carpenters to see Will Atkins' basket-house, as I called it; and they both owned they never saw an instance of such natural ingenuity before, nor anything so regular and so handily built, at least of its kind; and one of them, when he saw it, after musing a good while, turning about to me, "I am sure," says he, "that man has no need of us; you need do nothing but give him tools."
"I'm jest a runnin' over our business, to see if we can take up this yer handily. Loker," he said, after a pause, "we must set Adams and Springer on the track of these yer; they've been booked some time."
But my good luck began now to leave me; for this raft was so unwieldy, and so overladen, that, after I had entered the little cove where I had landed the rest of my goods, not being able to guide it so handily as I did the other, it overset, and threw me and all my cargo into the water.
The work was done handily and cheaply by the labor-saving plan of hitching a locomotive to a plough.
But Baloaloa and Sabete sparked an 8-0 start in the deciding set, coupled by unforced errors by the Flying Titans to handily cruise to victory.
Being situated equidistant to junctions 24 and 25 of the the property is handily located for those wishing to commute to the major trading centres of Yorkshire and East Lancashire.
Treasury Action: yields dipped slightly on the decent takedown on the 10-year reopening, which priced handily through its WI-yield, hit its average cover, missed on the indirect bid and beat on the direct bid.
West Chicago Democrat Karina Villa handily beat Aurora Republican Tonia Khouri in the race for the 49th Illinois House District, where incumbent state Rep.