handedly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
handedly (comparative more handedly, superlative most handedly)
- (nonstandard) Easily; with ease; misconstruction of handily.
- 2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary, Bolivia, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, illustrated, page 75:
- The squirt was hitting 25-foot jumpers handedly, although she wasn't one for that whole dribbling thing.
- 2005, Sunil Ahuja, Robert E. Dewhirst, The Road to Congress 2004, Nova Publishers,, →ISBN, page 49:
- In the end, there was nothing that Frost could do to defeat Sessions, who won handedly by 56 to 44 percent.
- 2006, D. Blue, S. K. Black, The Velvet Machine: A Plush Collection of Unshaven Essays, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 185:
- SK won handedly, placing 5th in the nation on this night.
- 2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary, Bolivia, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, illustrated, page 75:
Usage notes[edit]
- Handily is the standard term.
Related terms[edit]
- back-handedly
- bare-handedly
- bloody-handedly
- both-handedly
- cack-handedly
- clean-handedly
- cross-handedly
- deft-handedly
- double-handedly
- empty-handedly
- even-handedly
- fair-handedly
- fore-handedly
- four-handedly
- free-handedly
- full-handedly
- ham-handedly
- hard-handedly
- heavy-handedly
- high-handedly
- horny-handedly
- iron handedly
- iron-handedly
- large-handedly
- left-handedly
- level-handedly
- light-handedly
- loose-handedly
- many-handedly
- mob-handedly
- naked-handedly
- neat-handedly
- off-handedly
- one-handedly
- open-handedly
- red-handedly
- right-handedly
- second-handedly
- short-handedly
- side-handedly
- single-handedly
- strong-handedly
- sure-handedly
- tender-handedly
- two-handedly
- under-handedly
- white-handedly
- whole-handedly