handier; handiest
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: clever in using the hands especially in a variety of useful ways
handy with a hammer as well as with a paintbrush
handiness
noun
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
There's some decent rain chances the rest of the week, so keep an umbrella handy.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
More than 10,000 Amazon shoppers have bought this handy gardening tool in the past month alone.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
From stews and soups to barbecue and red beans and rice, this handy appliance does it all.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for handy
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“Handy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handy. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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