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[ UK /hˈændi/ ]
[ US /ˈhændi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. easy to reach
    found a handy spot for the can opener
  2. useful and convenient
    a handy gadget
  3. skillful with the hands
    handy with an axe

How To Use handy In A Sentence

  • It's unhandy at 300 yards, but then there's not a lot of shooting at 300 yards over there. The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam?
  • Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
  • There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady
  • Normally, even in icy winter, the furnace in constant use gave warmth enough, supplemented by an electric convector heater in the gallery, but by the time help arrived for Baxter I had wrapped him in my jacket and everything else handy, and he was still growing cold to the touch. Shattered
  • This solution gives homeowners the freedom of never having to carry or circulate multiple sets of keys, coupled with the ability to instantaneously grant entry to family members, friends, unexpected house guests, and service providers such as handymen and housekeepers. HomeToys News
  • Giving money to charity in your will is another handy way to sidestep the taxman. Times, Sunday Times
  • In combination with the single-classloader model of WAR-deployment this is very handy for even the smallest applications. Sun Bloggers
  • Keeley is about to start filming the new Michael Winterbottom movie, Tristram Shandy, co-starring Steve Coogan.
  • The council wanted a handy city centre venue where younger mums could share a coffee and discuss matters with other people facing similar challenges.
  • As you are painfully aware, when it comes to being handy, I can barely work a shower curtain.
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