Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In an easy manner.
- adverb In a convenient manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a handy or expert manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a handy manner;
skillfully ;conveniently (chiefly U.S. usage)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with no difficulty
- adverb in a convenient manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the sprint it was Van Gilder taking the win handily in front of Miller.
Powers and Van Gilder shine at Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester 2010
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As a result, a number of federal courts across the country are facing "judicial emergencies" because of the vacancies, and if Republicans win handily in November a chance to tilt the courts to the left may have been lost.
The 'magic' of the Supreme Court's rightward shift Adam Serwer 2010
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Deeds can do all of this and win handily in NoVa, as well as compete for military votes in Hampton Roads.
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But let's assume there is a bias, and assume further that you can categorize it handily from the data you're asking for.
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This is a part of the state that she expects to win handily, so the challenge here is to motivate people to come out in big numbers.
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Polls including those voters show Obama beating McCain handily in a general match-up.
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In the 14th District, one of the state's two 'clean elections' trials, Dem Linda Greenstein handily defeated her Republican opponents, despite a massive media campaign against her.
Archive 2007-11-01 Dan 2007
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In the 14th District, one of the state's two 'clean elections' trials, Dem Linda Greenstein handily defeated her Republican opponents, despite a massive media campaign against her.
Plainfield's next question: Who replaces Van Blake? Dan 2007
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He is expected to win handily in the Republican primary.
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Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin handily won the Calder Trophy as the top rookie, with 1,275 points to runner-up Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby's 831.
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