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handy

/ˈhæn.di/ adjectif B1

En français : pratique, commode, à portée de main

  1. Easy to use, useful. · Some people regard duct tape as a handy fix-all.
  2. Nearby, within reach. · You wouldn’t have a screwdriver handy, would you?· I keep a first-aid kit handy in case of emergency.
  3. Dexterous, skilful. (of a person) · She's very handy: she made all her own kitchen cupboards.
  4. Physically violent; tending to use one's fists. (slang)
  5. Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.

Comparatif handier · Superlatif handiest

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Marvellous places, though handy to home!
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 8 · C1
Hammond from up the river came down and said she’d take me, seeing I was handy with children, and I went up the river to live with her in a little clearing among the stumps.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 51 · C1
“Well, Anne Shirley,” said Marilla as soon as she could speak, “if you must borrow trouble, for pity’s sake borrow it handier home.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 124 · C1
“I--I thought it might come in handy sometime,” said Matthew, making good his escape.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 191 · C1

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