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- adjective
comparative form ofhandy : morehandy
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Examples
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However, I got the last laugh because my pancreas is now fireproof … which comes in handier than you might think.
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July 13, 2006 at 08: 52 AM steven-smoked pork chops come in handier for this sort of thing than pieces of store-ham - and I like them better, too, being a bit country ham snob. anyhow, I like to keep them around and use them in stuff like fried rice, too. luisa-the cauliflower thing is a really big favorite of mine.
Baked Pasta/Macaroni and Cheese Lindy 2006
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"Yes," said the dentist, "so you did; but I found that the front ones were kind of handier to get at."
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various
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But the greatest thing of all was Fisher's new plan for bringing the mighty British fleets closer together and so "handier" for battles with the Germans.
Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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It's kind of handier to spit from that saddle down, if you know what I mean ...
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But of the skills we've acquired, none is handier than our expertise at forgiving white people for saying knuckleheaded, racially-insensitive stuff.
Aaron Freeman: Forgiving Ron Paul (and All Other White People) Aaron Freeman 2011
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But of the skills we've acquired, none is handier than our expertise at forgiving white people for saying knuckleheaded, racially-insensitive stuff.
Aaron Freeman: Forgiving Ron Paul (and All Other White People) Aaron Freeman 2011
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It will connect local residents with the people and skills needed to live a healthier, happier, handier life in New Earswick.
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If the theory weren't valid, CEOs who are handier with machinery than their secretaries would change the printer cartridges in all of the offices printers; executives who are outstanding weekend cooks would help prepare lunch in the company cafeterias.
Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It's not unknown for knights and nobility to carry a lighter and handier arming sword as a sidearm while in civilian attire as well.
Some Great New Greens... grrm 2010
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