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
The Packers, who were beaten handily by the Eagles in the wild-card round of the playoffs as Philadelphia went on to win Super Bowl LIX, want the play banned.
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Jill Martin, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Maduro’s own explanation for this decline portrays the government as handily controlling criminals by means of incredibly lethal police raids carried out between 2015 and 2019.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
This is where a phone like the Google Pixel 8A handily beats the Edge 2024.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2025
Cheers to good times The world’s largest brewer AB InBev reported on Wednesday a 3.4% increase in fourth-quarter revenue to $14.84 billion, handily beating the 2.9% decline to $14.05 billion forecast by LSEG analysts.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jill Martin, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Maduro’s own explanation for this decline portrays the government as handily controlling criminals by means of incredibly lethal police raids carried out between 2015 and 2019.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
This is where a phone like the Google Pixel 8A handily beats the Edge 2024.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2025
Cheers to good times The world’s largest brewer AB InBev reported on Wednesday a 3.4% increase in fourth-quarter revenue to $14.84 billion, handily beating the 2.9% decline to $14.05 billion forecast by LSEG analysts.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handily
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However, Jupiter will shine brightly in the moonlight, with Mars easily visible in the south.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Made from a gorgeous faux-leather material and available in 17 vibrant colors, this passport protector will easily slot into any pocket of your purse while preserving the exterior of your ID.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2025
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Anderson makes that suspension of disbelief easy enough, however, through skillful orchestration of atmospheric and action-ful eye candy.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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Despite that, North Carolina’s courts let thousands of those extreme speeders off easy.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2025
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Depositphotos View 2 Images In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go through the intermediate step of converting them to stem cells first.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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Seamless integration with freight forwarders, 3PLs, customs brokers and shipping agents ensures that critical data flows efficiently between systems.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Handily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handily. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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