handedly

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adverb

Easily; with ease; misconstruction of handily.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbhandedly (comparative more handedly, superlative most handedly)

comparative more handedly · superlative most handedly

  1. 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 185
    2 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 75

    In 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

  1. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  3. Old Englishhand
  4. Middle Englishhond
  5. Englishhand
  6. Englishhanded
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. Englishhandedly

From handed + -ly.

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APA

handedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handedly

MLA

“handedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handedly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handedly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handedly.

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