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Handier vs Dandier - What's the difference?

handier | dandier |

As adjectives the difference between handier and dandier

is that handier is (handy) while dandier is (dandy).

handier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (handy)
  • * 1852 ,
    • "I should feel just like it, mamma," said Eva, "because then it would be handier to take care of her, and because, you know, my bed is better than hers."

    dandier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (dandy)

    • Anagrams

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    dandy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a dandy, foppish.
  • Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
    • That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
  • Almost first rate.
    • What a dandy little laptop you have.

    Noun

    (dandies)
  • A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  • (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  • A dandy roller.

    • Synonyms

    * (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buck

    Derived terms

    * dandify * dandification * dandyish

    See also

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