Handily

Definitions: Handily

Handily

Adverb

1. In a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located".

2. With no difficulty; "she beat him handily".

Date "handily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Note: Handily \Hand"i*ly\, adverb. [See Handy.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Handily

Synonyms: conveniently (adv), hands down (adv). (additional references)

Antonym: inconveniently (adv). (additional references)

Crosswords: Handily

Specialty definitions using "handily": My Favourite Toy Language. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Zimbabwe	The referendum was handily defeated. (references)
	Czech Republic	In the election of June 1992, Klaus's Civic Democratic Party won handily in the Czech lands on a platform of economic reform. (references)
Political Economy	SPAIN	This increased economic activity has provided increased income and higher tax receipts, which have allowed Spain to handily meet government deficit/GDP targets. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Handily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Handily" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	14	93,893

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "handily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		handlich (handy, manageable, manageably, maneuverable, natty). (various references)

Greek		πρόχειροσ (extemporaneous, handy, improvised, makeshift, rough, sketchy), επιδέξια (ably, deftly), επιδεξίωσ (ably, aptly, skillfully). (various references)

Pig Latin		andilyhay.(various references)

Russian		ловко (be sitting pretty, neatly). (various references)

Thai		อย่างชำนาญ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "handily": unhandily. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Handily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Handell, handi, handly, hanilly, Hansil, Haydalla, Hindely, Hinlil, Qandil, randily. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "handily" (pronounced ha"ndulē)
4	-d u l ē	bodily, greedily, readily, speedily, steadily.
3	-u l ē	abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, habitually, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-l-n-y"
	-1 letter: hyalin.
	-2 letters: daily, halid, handy, inlay, lindy, nidal.
	-3 letters: anil, ayin, dahl, dhal, dial, hail, hand, hila, hind, hyla, idly, idyl, inly, lady, laid, lain, land, liny, nail, yald.
	-4 letters: aid, ail, ain, and, ani, any, dah, dal, day, din, had, hay, hid, hin, lad, lay, lid, lin, nah, nay, nil, yah, yid, yin.
	-5 letters: ad, ah, ai, al, an, ay, ha, hi, id, in, la, li, na, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-l-n-y"
	+2 letters: dashingly, hypnoidal, nymphalid, unhandily.
	+3 letters: dandyishly, holidaying, nymphalids.
	+4 letters: daylighting, hedonically, hydralazine, staphylinid.
	+5 letters: conchoidally, daylightings, diaphanously, dishonorably, highhandedly, hydralazines, hydronically, hydroplaning, outlandishly, staphylinids.
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