handy
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈhændi/
:
hábil
- Having a handy friend who can help with repairs makes home maintenance much easier.
And you saw that and did you, Oh, are you trying to link with like my handy skills or whatever?
- And you saw that and did you, Oh, are you trying to link with like my handy skills or whatever?
- And, you know, he would do odd jobs here and there for other things because he was pretty handy.
- She did, she did sew some stuff and she still has this like handy thing about her, but she does she never use a sewing machine that much.
- By the way, everybody should know you are by far the handiest woman I have ever met when we went to go paddle boarding together.
Examples
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I'm pretty handy with this.
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He is very handy with tools and can fix almost anything around the house.
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You know having a second pair of hands would probably be handy at this part of the project.
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Kid, are you handy with your mitts?
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Her deftness would come in handy, I figured.
Fiction book (1996) -
But Joey's handy at fixing things, and my house sure could use a new roof.
Fiction book (2000) -
Basic skills come in handy whether tweaking your web page or fixing a problem with a template.
Academic text (2013) -
A good-sized towel is handy to have with you when you shoot to dust off the exterior surfaces of your camera.
Academic text (2007) -
I told y'all that Grandaddy was handy with the ladies in his day, but you wouldn't listen.
Fiction book (1994) -
You're going to learn to improvise, think on your feet, develop moves that'll come in handy out there in the real world!
Synonyms
172
3.5
Having special training and ability to do a job well
34
2.8
Good at doing something because of practice and careful control
3
7.2
Good at using hands to do careful tasks
1
6.2
Skilled, steady, and confident when doing a task, often using the hands
Antonyms
Compounds
How Handy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word handy comes from hand + -y, originally meaning 'by the hand' or 'done with the hands', so a handy person is skillful and good at using tools or making things.