Define:Handy

Relatit: Handy

English

Etymology

From Middle Inglis, alteration of earlier

, from Old English

hendiġ

(as in

listhendiġ

), from Template:Proto, from Template:Proto, equivalent to . Cognate with Middle Low German

, Middle High German

handec

,

, Auld Norse

, Gothic

.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hăn'di, /ˈhæn.di/,

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  Rhymes: -ændi

Adjective

1. Easy to use, useful.

   Some people regard duct tape as a handy fix-all.

2. Nearby, within reach.

   You wouldn’t have a screwdriver handy, would you?

3. Template:Dialect dexterous, skilful

   She's very handy - she made all her own kitchen cupboards.

Synonyms

• at hand

Translations

easy to use

• Bulgarian: полезен (bg) m (polezen)
• Czech: praktický, užitečný
• Dutch: handig (nl)
• Finnish: kätevä (fi)
• French: pratique (fr), commode (fr)
• German: anstellig, handlich, praktisch (de)
• Interlingua: utile, commode
• Italian: utile (it), pratico (it)

• Latin: utilis
• Polish: wygodny, dogodny
• Portuguese: útil (pt), prático (pt)
• Russian: удобный (ru) (udobnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: goireasach
• Serbian: nadomak
• Spanish: práctico (es), hábil

within reach

• Czech: po ruce
• Dutch: binnen handbereik, bij de hand
• Finnish: käden ulottuvilla
• French: à portée de main
• German: in Reichweite, griffbereit, zur Hand

• Hungarian: kéznél
• Italian: comodo (it)
• Polish: podręczny
• Russian: под рукой (pod rukoj)
• Spanish: a mano, cerca

dexterous

• Czech: šikovný
• Russian: ловкий (lovkij), искусный (iskusnyj)

• Scottish Gaelic: tapaidh, deas
• Spanish: hábil, diestro

External links

• Handy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionar, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Handy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Template:R:OneLook

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Scots

Adjective

Handy (comparative handier, superlative handiest)

1. handy
2. dexterous, skilful
3. amenable (of an animal)