as in easily
without difficulty
handily whipped up a fluffy meringue and spread it on the pie
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Recent Examples of handily
After several weeks of frankly listless attention-grabbing, Donald Trump won his second straight poll handily, with 39.5 percent.
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George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 24 May 2025
Macri handily beat Cristina in 2017, only to be forced to seek an IMF bailout in 2018 and barely made it out of the Casa Rosada alive.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, her poodle-curly blonde hairdo and bedroom eyes handily evoke Julie Christie in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the OG revisionist western and just the sort of touchstone this film needs to conjure in order make its intentions clear.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
While there are plenty of nods to the old, there are also plenty of modern touches, such as the reading lights, USB plugs and room controls handily built into the beds.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 24 May 2025
Macri handily beat Cristina in 2017, only to be forced to seek an IMF bailout in 2018 and barely made it out of the Casa Rosada alive.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, her poodle-curly blonde hairdo and bedroom eyes handily evoke Julie Christie in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the OG revisionist western and just the sort of touchstone this film needs to conjure in order make its intentions clear.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
While there are plenty of nods to the old, there are also plenty of modern touches, such as the reading lights, USB plugs and room controls handily built into the beds.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handily
Adverb
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Soto easily scored from second and Alonso’s headfirst slide barely got him in before Hunter Goodman’s tag at the plate.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2025
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Butterfly Farm and downtown Oranjestad are also easily accessible.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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Ghosting a nun would definitely be a sin, though, so Miranda met her in person and let her down easy.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
29 May 2025
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This found family filled with encouraging friends and collaborators has now made the music creation process easy and fulfilling for Cash.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
Adverb
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This will be a win for taxpayers as these economies help the state government address its structural deficit and more efficiently allocate scarce income and assets.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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Fat Distribution Changes With aging, adipose (fat) tissue loses its ability to efficiently store and release energy.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
6 June 2025
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“Handily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handily. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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