Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: handy
IPA transcription: [h'ændi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • 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!