Synonyms:
handy, ready_to_hand(p)
Meaning: easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener"
Synonyms:
handy
Meaning: easy to use; "a handy gadget"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
Handy, W._C._Handy, William_Christopher_Handy
Meaning: United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
Usage examples
Now it'll come in handy.
Those pockets must be very handy."
"Now, if that isn't handy!" Chris exclaimed.
It would be handy to have a little maid by you."
I need such a thing now and then and I’ll keep it handy.”
So we allowed we would steal everything there was that come handy.
Wherever he went he carried the piece of bark so as to have it handy to hide under.
She never would before for fear it might come in handy sometime and I've had to whitewash it every spring.
"I sit in my chair, you understand, and perhaps doze for a bit after my supper, and then I'll get my maps out, and have them handy beside me.
It is no wonder that nature, abhorring a vacuum, fills them with the nearest thing handy, which generally happens to be, "I wonder if I am doing this right!