handily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈhændəli/ UK /ˈhændɪli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
easily and conveniently; with little difficulty

The home team won handily by a margin of twenty points.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · easily and conveniently;... easily conveniently readily comfortably deftlyeffortlessly

Opposites

awkwardly inconveniently clumsily

Word family

Related forms handy handiness hand

Etymology

From handy (from Old English handig, 'dexterous, near at hand', from hand) + the adverbial suffix -ly.

hand Old English

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# handily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈhændəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhændɪli/

## Meanings
1. easily and conveniently; with little difficulty

## Examples
- The home team won handily by a margin of twenty points.

## Synonyms
- easily
- conveniently
- readily
- comfortably
- deftly
- effortlessly

## Antonyms
- awkwardly
- inconveniently
- clumsily

## Related Forms
- handy
- handiness
- hand

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hand

## Etymology
From handy (from Old English handig, 'dexterous, near at hand', from hand) + the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
Handily is from handy (from Old English handig, 'dexterous, near at hand', from hand) + the adverbial suffix -ly. Important recorded forms include hand (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers easily and conveniently; with little difficulty. The wider family includes related words such as handy, handiness, and hand.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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