What is the name meaning of HANDY. Phrases containing HANDY
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HANDY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English hondi ‘skillful with one’s hands’, ‘dextrous’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for someone who was handy with his fists, from Old French poigneor ‘fighter’ (Latin pugnator, from pugnare ‘to fight’, a derivative of pugnus ‘fist’).Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Ynyr ‘son of Ynyr’, a personal name from Latin Honorius.
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n.
A small machine or handy tool
superl.
Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.
a.
Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
adv.
In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
a.
Handy; reat; handsome; notable.
n.
A fight with the hands; boxing.
n.
A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
n.
The quality or state of being handy.
superl.
Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
superl.
Performed by the hand.
a.
Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
superl.
Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
superl.
Handy; adroit; brisk.
n.
Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.
superl.
Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.
n.
A blow with the hand.
superl.
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
a.
Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat.