handy

Speech parts

1. handy - Noun

2. handy - Adjective

4. handy - Adjective Satellite

5. Handy - Proper noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

available effective useful capable practical ready skilled convenient helpful skillful neat serviceable dexterous at hand on hand
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Antonyms

awkward yonder away far ungainly hard
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Phrases with the word

come in handy handy person handy andy handy tips w. c. handy william christopher handy

Derivatives

handier handiest

Anagrams

Haydn

Examples

When 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

Close letter words and terms

handwritten music notation handwritten signature handwrought handy andy handy dandy handy person