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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And Mizzou beat the Minutemen, well, handily on their own turf last year, 45-3.
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Maddie Hartley
august 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also handily carried the seat in 2016.
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Maddie Hartley
august 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
There is a standard suite of advanced driver assistance systems, including traffic sign detection (which handily alerts you when the speed limit changes) and collision warning.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
Despite the large ad spend, Massie handily defeated his challengers, running away with 75.9% of the vote.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also handily carried the seat in 2016.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 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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