handily
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
handy + -ly. Compare Middle English hendily, hendiliche.
Adverb[edit]
handily (comparative more handily, superlative most handily)
- (chiefly US) In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently
- 1854, Catherine Crowe, Linny Lockwood (page 237)
- As the mysteries of valetism are not very recondite or difficult to be acquired by an intelligent person, Lockwood, after a little practice, performed his functions handily enough; […]
- 1854, Catherine Crowe, Linny Lockwood (page 237)
- (chiefly US) effortlessly; readily