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ADJECTIVE handy COMPARATIVE handier SUPERLATIVE handiest

handy English

Meaning handy meaning

What does handy mean?

Definitions in simple English

handy Adjective

— If something is handy, it is easy to use, or useful. — If something is handy, then it is close by, or within reach. Do you have a pen handy?

handy

— adjective easy to reach found a handy spot for the can opener — adjective easy to use a handy gadget — adjective skillful with the hands handy with an axe

Handy

— noun United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)

Synonyms handy synonyms

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handy English » English

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Handy English » English

William Christopher Handy W. C. Handy

Topics handy topics

What do people use handy to talk about?

Work and occupation Work Method Use

Useful

What words describe something that is useful?

useful be of use handy helpful valuable be good for be worth constructive nifty
What words refer to something being useful even though it doesn't seem to be?

come in handy come in useful have its uses

States Big Distance

Near

What words indicate that something is near enough so that you can do something?

near enough close enough within walking distance within reach within range convenient handy be close at hand around the corner close up up close at close quarters at close range right under your nose

States Quality Good Right, proper

Convenient

What words describe something that is convenient?

convenient handy suit fit in with be good for a good time no trouble no problem

Examples handy examples

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Simple sentences

Always keep a bucket of water handy, in case of fire.

That comes in handy.

Take this folding umbrella with you. It might come in handy.

She's very handy with a saw.

You're really handy, aren't you? Don't you think you'd make a good house-husband?

Thanks indeed, handy this!

Having a few extra batteries handy is never a bad idea.

A gun might come in handy.

Having a small flashlight in your pocket may come in handy.

Here. Take this with you. It might come in handy.

I can think of some situations in which a knife would come in handy.

This is a handy little box.

This dictionary is handy in size.

I never thought this rubber band would come in handy when I put it in my pocket this morning.

In situations like these, a gun might come in handy.

Knowing how to hot wire a car may come in handy someday.

That's very handy.

I knew it would come in handy.

This tool will come in handy during the trip.

I'm sure it'll come in handy.

Movie subtitles

Very handy.

A thief always comes in handy.

Are you just as handy with a gun. as you was?

Nails has got some pretty handy boys with their gloves all oiled.

You never know, he may come in handy.

Come in handy, you know, to shoot into a conversation.

He figured that someday that might come in handy.

I better keep this handy.

He's mighty handy with a gun.

This might come in handy.

When I leave Leslie alone.. Ialwaysfeelsafer if she has a weapon handy.

But you sure gotta be handy with a gun.

But we do come in handy.

It could come in handy.

Are you just as handy with a gun as you was?

Buy my handy little ready-made gadget here.

And if they need any help. Nails has got some pretty handy boys with their gloves all oiled.

Mules are right handy animals, General.

It might come in handy for you.

They're handy little things to have about the house.

A very handy little gutter.

There are a lot of rackets where it's handy to have a girl around.

I've always liked it here and. Oh, I guess a raise would come in handy.

When I leave Leslie alone.. Ialwaysfeelsafer if she has a weapon handy. I saw that it was loaded before I left, and thank heaven I did.

That last ace came in handy.

If we run into trouble, you'll find 'em mighty handy.

Sounds like a handy fella to have around a garden.

Field glasses always come in handy.

Here. This might come in handy.

It may come in handy.

It might come in handy.

Handy little thing, isn't it?

It might be wrong, but it would be very handy.

Because I'm handy and know how to use a gun?

News and current affairs

Now Apple and Google know it all and store it in one handy place.

For if the reformers are incited into demonstrating and street chaos ensues, the security forces will have a handy excuse for a crackdown.

Otherwise the UN is nothing more than a handy mechanism for outsourcing political blame.

The China factor also is coming handy in America's efforts to win new allies in Asia.

China's currency peg has also come in handy for Europe in its fight to keep inflation in check, while its monetary policy remains constrained by the sub-prime crisis.

The talks on pan-European missile-defense cooperation might come in handy.

Islamist extremism is a handy revolutionary creed for vulnerable young people to latch onto, to gain a sense of power and belonging.

It is certainly handy to be able to treat a flight from Zurich to Oslo as a domestic journey, with no passport controls to contend with upon departure and arrival.

If the West decides that the government has become unreliable, television shots of demonstrators' weekly clashes with the Baku police, Ilham's refusal to hold televised debates, and the confiscation of all orange objects from stores will come in handy.

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