Meanings
comparative more handedly · superlative most handedly
- nonstandardEasily; with ease; misconstruction of handily.
SK won handedly, placing 5ᵗʰ in the nation on this night.
2006, D. Blue, S. K. Black, The Velvet Machine: A Plush Collection of Unshaven Essays, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1852 more examples
The squirt was hitting 25-foot jumpers handedly, although she wasn't one for that whole dribbling thing.
2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary, Bolivia, Trafford Publishing, illustrated, page 75In the end, there was nothing that Frost could do to defeat Sessions, who won handedly by 56 to 44 percent.
2005, Sunil Ahuja, Robert E. Dewhirst, The Road to Congress 2004, Nova Publishers,, →ISBN, page 49
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*handuz
- Proto-West Germanic*handu
- Old Englishhand
- Middle Englishhond
- Englishhand
- Englishhanded
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishhandedly
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