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;... easilyconvenientlyreadilycomfortablydeftlyeffortlessly ↔ Opposites awkwardlyinconvenientlyclumsily Word family Related forms handyhandinesshand Etymology AI details From handy (from Old English handig, 'dexterous, near at hand', from hand) + the adverbial suffix -ly. hand Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown