1
as in convenient
situated within easy reach
keeps a box of tissue handy whenever she watches Romeo and Juliet on her home theater
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2
as in skilled
skillful with the hands
handy with a needle and thread
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Recent Examples of handy
From handy home and kitchen gadgets to closet staples, don’t miss out on these affordable finds.
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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Those videos come in handy now, as Drake Maye’s New England Patriots prepare to play the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl Sunday.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
And after breaking a sweat, this other hobby comes in handy.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Plus, such space below the tax could come in handy on the buyout market.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Those videos come in handy now, as Drake Maye’s New England Patriots prepare to play the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl Sunday.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
And after breaking a sweat, this other hobby comes in handy.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Plus, such space below the tax could come in handy on the buyout market.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handy
Adjective
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With MyRecipes, your personal home for recipes, easily save and organize your favorites, plus thousands more, in one convenient place.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Feb. 2026
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This is especially convenient for a guest bath or a child’s bathroom, where there is more room and fewer products are under the sink.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The skilled direction of performance from the cast.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the rest of the territory, companies or nations attempting to mine would have to build their own energy grid and transport networks, given the interior’s lack of either, as well as import an entire skilled labor force.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Be transparent about where that basket will be kept—ideally somewhere visible and accessible near the entrance or exit.—
Nikita Khanna,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2026
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To date, FinalSpark is (to the best of our knowledge) the world’s first remotely accessible biocomputing lab.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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On the upside, brilliant solutions or clever ideas might suddenly occur to you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2026
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NearTap is another clever feature that lets the user adjust the volume level using simple taps of the finger in front of the ear.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The production took place at MIT’s Bates Research and Engineering Center using a massive, room-sized industrial 3D printer capable of processing 80 pounds of material per hour.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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Remember all that stuff Horford and Porziņģis were capable of doing on offense?—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Rosenberg is careful to note that this doesn’t require abandoning values or discernment, but recognizing that beneath every expression — skillful, clumsy, or even hurtful — is an unmet need.—
Jasna Hodžić,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The music’s dizzying rhythmic variation is skillful and studied enough that its humor can’t be mistaken for gimmicky internet caricature.—
Rae-Aila Crumble,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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His initial rise to fame came from playing cunning and ruthless centuries-old vampire Eric Northman on True Blood.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Jan. 2026
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They’re built up to be these impossibly deadly and evil and cunning foes, and then our much less impressive heroes manage to take them down through grit and determination or just dumb luck.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Boston Dynamics is especially well known by consumers for its YouTube videos of dancing and otherwise gymnastically proficient robots, including the dog-like Spot and the more human-like robot Atlas.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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There is a solid chance that the AI might not be proficient at performing music therapy.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Handy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handy. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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