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Handy vs Handly - What's the difference?

handy | handly |

As adjectives the difference between handy and handly

is that handy is easy to use, useful while handly is of or pertaining to the hand; manual.

handy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Easy to use, useful.
    • Some people regard duct tape as a handy fix-all .
  • Nearby, within reach.
    • You wouldn’t have a screwdriver handy , would you ?
  • (dialect) dexterous, skilful
    • She's very handy - she made all her own kitchen cupboards.

    Synonyms

    * (useful) * (nearby) at hand * (skilful) crafty

    References

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    handly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
  • * 1921 , Peter George Mode, Source book and bibliographical guide for American church history :
    • George W. Greene's " Short History of Rhode Island" (1877) is a handly manual but nothing more.
  • * 1971 , World justice: Volume 12:
    • [...] Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris published a handly manual in off -set intitled Bibliography — International Migration of Manpower (1).
  • * 2009 , Philip Durkin, The Oxford guide to etymology :
    • The word handly has no asterisk because it is in fact recorded several times in Middle English, and with precisely the meaning 'manual'.
  • Handy; manageable.
  • * 1859 , The Spectator: Volume 32:
    • 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.