handier; handiest
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: clever in using the hands especially in a variety of useful ways
handy with a hammer as well as with a paintbrush
handiness
noun
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This is where the manufacturer’s tag comes in handy.
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
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The bag was especially handy in the tight quarters of my cabin, where efficient packing really matters.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2025
According to a statement from the Aero Sports Association of Gansu Province, Peng is a licensed paraglider with two years of experience that appeared to come in handy on the video captured by a camera attached to his equipment.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 29 May 2025
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 30 May 2025
The bag was especially handy in the tight quarters of my cabin, where efficient packing really matters.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2025
According to a statement from the Aero Sports Association of Gansu Province, Peng is a licensed paraglider with two years of experience that appeared to come in handy on the video captured by a camera attached to his equipment.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 29 May 2025
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“Handy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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