About The Word Handy
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Handy
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What's The Definition Of Handy?
[n] United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
[adj] easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [adj] skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe" [adj] easy to use; "a handy gadget" Synonyms | Synonyms for Handy: accessible | adroit | convenient | ready to hand(p) | W. C. Handy | William Christopher Handy Related Terms | Find terms related to Handy: accessible | adaptable | adept | adjacent | adroit | agential | agentival | agentive | all-around | apt | artistic | assisting | at hand | authoritative | available | baby | baby-sized | bantam | banty | bravura | brilliant | clean | clever | close by | close-by | compact | conducive | convenient | convenient to | coordinated | crack | crackerjack | cunning | cute | daedal | Daedalian | deft | dexterous | dextrous | diminutive | diplomatic | ductile | duodecimo | easily reached | employable | excellent | expert | facilitating | fancy | favoring | feasible | flexible | foolproof | forwarding | good | goodish | graceful | helpful | ingenious | instrumental | intermediary | magisterial | malleable | manageable | maneuverable | masterful | masterly | mediating | mediatorial | miniature | miniaturized | minikin | minimal | ministerial | ministering | minuscule | nearby | neat | nimble | no mean | of all work | on call | on deck | on hand | on tap | pliable | pliant | pocket | pocket-sized | politic | pony | practical | professional | proficient | promoting | propinquant | propinquous | quick | quite some | ready | ready at hand | resourceful | serviceable | skilled | skillful | slick | small-scale | some | statesmanlike | stylish | subminiature | subservient | tactful | the compleat | the complete | to hand | toy | tractable | twelvemo | untroublesome | usable | useful | versatile | vest-pocket | virtuoso | well-done | wieldable | wieldy | workmanlike | yielding See Also | composer Handy In Webster's Dictionary \Hand"y\, a. [Compar. {Handier}; superl. {Handiest}.] [OE.
hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D.
handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise.]
1. Performed by the hand. [Obs.]
To draw up and come to handy strokes. --Milton.
2. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
``Each is handy in his way.'' --Dryden.
3. Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the
hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my
tools are handy; a handy volume.
4. (Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a
vessel.
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