handily

adverb

hand·​i·​ly ˈhan-də-lē 

1

: in a dexterous manner

2

: easily

defeated the other candidate handily

3

: conveniently nearby

Synonyms

• easily
• effortlessly
• smoothly
• easy
• efficiently

Examples of handily in a Sentence

He won the card game handily.

handily whipped up a fluffy meringue and spread it on the pie

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, researchers have developed biofilm-blasting bots that could handily deal with these, and other, bacterial infections. —New Atlas, 30 June 2025

Republican Geoff Diehl would have been the sixth, but he was handily defeated by Democrat Maura Healey in the last election. —Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025

That means that the Acer Aspire 14 AI will handily support Microsoft's AI features and any other apps that leverage the NPU hardware. —PC Magazine, 27 June 2025

Tourism In Central America After decades of Costa Rica singly handily dominating travel in Central America, nascent travel industries in destinations like Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua are just starting to gain the international spotlight. —Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

handily

adverb

hand·​i·​ly ˈhan-də-lē 

1

: in a skillful manner

2

: easily sense 1

won handily