Handly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Handly is an adjective meaning (rare) Synonym of handy.
Meaning
(rare) Synonym of handy.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
Example Sentences
George W. Greene's " Short History of Rhode Island" (1877) is a handly manual but nothing more.
The word handly has no asterisk because it is in fact recorded several times in Middle English, and with precisely the meaning 'manual'.
[…] Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris published a handly manual in off-set intitled Bibliography — International Migration of Manpower (1).
The Practical Guide for Italy, comprising the North and Central portions of the Peninsula has just been issued, and fully sustains the established character of the series. It is accompanied with a handly little map illustrative of the war.
Synonyms for handly
Depending on context, synonyms include handy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include handheld, handy, hand-carried, hamhanded, hornyhanded, carhanded.
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