Suited vs Handly - What's the difference?
suited | handly | Related terms |
(suit)
(poker, of two or more cards) Of the same suit
Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
* 1921 , Peter George Mode, Source book and bibliographical guide for American church history :
* 1971 , World justice: Volume 12:
* 2009 , Philip Durkin, The Oxford guide to etymology :
Handy; manageable.
* 1859 , The Spectator: Volume 32:
Suited is a related term of handly.
As adjectives the difference between suited and handly
is that suited is (poker|of two or more cards) of the same suit while handly is of or pertaining to the hand; manual.As a verb suited
is (suit).suited
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(en-adj)- George W. Greene's " Short History of Rhode Island" (1877) is a handly manual but nothing more.
- [...] Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris published a handly manual in off -set intitled Bibliography — International Migration of Manpower (1).
- The word handly has no asterisk because it is in fact recorded several times in Middle English, and with precisely the meaning 'manual'.
- 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.
