handier; handiest
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: clever in using the hands especially in a variety of useful ways
handy with a hammer as well as with a paintbrush
handiness
noun
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This task was so under-the-radar that there wasn’t a handy name for it.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The camera view also comes in handy with Meta AI.
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Instead, that drawer should be a place for things that will regularly come in handy in the kitchen or center of the home, but don’t really have any other obvious place to go.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
The starter box includes the first two weeks of food, custom instructions for you and your pup to help make the transition smooth, a handy scoop and puptainer to serve and hold your Ollie dog food.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The camera view also comes in handy with Meta AI.
—PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Instead, that drawer should be a place for things that will regularly come in handy in the kitchen or center of the home, but don’t really have any other obvious place to go.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
The starter box includes the first two weeks of food, custom instructions for you and your pup to help make the transition smooth, a handy scoop and puptainer to serve and hold your Ollie dog food.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Handy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handy. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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