Crossword clues for handiest
handiest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Handy \Hand"y\ (h[a^]nd"[y^]), a. [Compar. Handier (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Handiest.] [OE. hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise.]
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Performed by the hand. [Obs.]
To draw up and come to handy strokes.
--Milton. Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. ``Each is handy in his way.''
--Dryden.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.
(Naut.) Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativehandy)
WordNet
See handy
adj. easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [syn: convenient, ready to hand(p)]
easy to use; "a handy gadget"
skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe"
Usage examples of "handiest".
Then he carried the corpse itself into the handiest room and placed it in a remote nook where it was unlikely to be discovered.
Bunny fashion, it popped into the handiest depression, which happened to be a sand trap which held one of the hiding men.
He sank, striving desperately to reach the stern of a ramshackle schooner -- the handiest vessel.
So I reckoned I wouldn't bother no more about it, but after this always do whichever come handiest at the time.
He stepped boldly forward, and plucked a holstered gun from the handiest man.
Blueticks were abundant near that outcrop, even more so after she’d collected a jarful from a farm dog down the way and put them in the handiest place for a spy to lie watching.
So Stella was back to confiding in a man, and willing to confide in the handiest, even if he was a new hire.