as in easily
without difficulty
handily whipped up a fluffy meringue and spread it on the pie
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Recent Examples of handily
He was first elected to the New York Assembly in 2020, representing a Queens district covering Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods and has handily won reelection twice.
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Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The central entry of this theme appears, handily, at the center of the grid, split between 6- and 32-Down.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The Xbox One was outsold handily by Sony's PS4, and sales of the Xbox Series S/X hardware have been cratering in recent years.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Even if Jones can’t go in this matchup, New York is handily favored to take care of business.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The central entry of this theme appears, handily, at the center of the grid, split between 6- and 32-Down.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The Xbox One was outsold handily by Sony's PS4, and sales of the Xbox Series S/X hardware have been cratering in recent years.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Even if Jones can’t go in this matchup, New York is handily favored to take care of business.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handily
Adverb
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The legislation also paves the way for foreign nationals who have fought alongside Ukrainian forces to be granted citizenship more easily.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Going with that kind of character would have been easier, and she might have been better received or more easily accepted by fans from the start.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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Why should they be expected to leave easy 340B money on the table?—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The Clifton 10 is still a Hoka with its fat midsole, but that performance feature is becoming stylistically mainstream, and all that cushioning makes day-long walking easy.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside Online,
16 June 2025
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In 2023, the canned soup and snack maker slashed the gas by 25% through working with farmers in its supply chain to more efficiently apply nitrogen fertilizer on tomato plants and wheat.—
Mindy Lubber,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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As a result, the system will not work properly or efficiently.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
30 June 2025
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“Handily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handily. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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