handily
adverb
hand·i·ly
ˈhan-də-lē 
Examples of handily in a Sentence
He won the card game handily.
handily whipped up a fluffy meringue and spread it on the pie
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But Maduro remained in power, despite appearing to have lost elections handily last year.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Losing handily to a fellow bad team in the NFL is never the direction an ailing team wants to go.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Nighthawks won their first two games handily, then lost three straight and were 4-4 in mid-September.
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Then in 2020, Markey handily defeated the young primary challenger Joe Kennedy III by more than 10 points.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Losing handily to a fellow bad team in the NFL is never the direction an ailing team wants to go.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Nighthawks won their first two games handily, then lost three straight and were 4-4 in mid-September.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Then in 2020, Markey handily defeated the young primary challenger Joe Kennedy III by more than 10 points.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for handily
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“Handily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handily. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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handily
adverb
hand·i·ly
ˈhan-də-lē
1
: in a skillful manner
2
: easily sense 1
won handily
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