1. handy - Noun
2. handy - Adjective
4. handy - Adjective Satellite
5. Handy - Proper noun
Performed by the hand.
Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.
Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy. Stanisław Jerzy Lec
I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy. W. C. Fields
Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. Robert Benchley
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. E. B. White
When ideas fail, words come in very handy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Handy as a pocket on a shirt. Traditional Proverb