Examples of handily in a Sentence
He won the card game handily.
handily whipped up a fluffy meringue and spread it on the pie
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Rose has also played, and lost handily, in the exclusive equipment game fairly recently.
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Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Massie first won election to the House during the pre-Trump Tea Party era and has handily prevailed in competitive primaries before.
—Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
In Maine, Graham Platner, a rough-hewn populist who had to cover up a Nazi tattoo, looks set to handily beat Janet Mills, the polished seventy-eight-year-old incumbent governor.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Letlow is not handily defeating Cassidy at this point in the race, and pro-Cassidy outside spending — mostly raining down on Letlow — dwarfs his opponents.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Massie first won election to the House during the pre-Trump Tea Party era and has handily prevailed in competitive primaries before.
—Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
In Maine, Graham Platner, a rough-hewn populist who had to cover up a Nazi tattoo, looks set to handily beat Janet Mills, the polished seventy-eight-year-old incumbent governor.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Letlow is not handily defeating Cassidy at this point in the race, and pro-Cassidy outside spending — mostly raining down on Letlow — dwarfs his opponents.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Handily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handily. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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handily
adverb
hand·i·ly
ˈhan-də-lē 
1
: in a skillful manner
2
: easily sense 1
won handily
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