How to Use handily in a Sentence
handily
adverb- He won the card game handily.
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Brady and the Bucs won handily; the final score was 31–9.
— Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The Vikings won handily in their first meeting, but that was with Kirk Cousins.
— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023 -
The good news is, yes, a top seed has overcome that deficit and won the series (handily in all three games, even).
— Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023 -
In the first game between the teams, Ben Davis scored the most points any team has scored against the Trojans this year and still lost handily, 45-21.
— Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Nov. 2021 -
The election had been called a neck-and-neck race, but in the end Wilders handily beat all opponents.
— Mike Corder and Raf Casert The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023 -
The Fever handily won the game because of a dominant run through the second half.
— Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2023 -
This silky overnight mask single-handily changed the texture of my skin.
— Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2022 -
There’s a solid play on the total here though as both teams can score handily.
— Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023 -
The stew handily stands as a metaphor for the blending of heritages and cooking styles at work in Dunsmoor’s kitchen.
— Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023 -
Barbara handily in a piece of the action to Barbara Howard.
— Essence, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Liberty handily took the first set in the final, 25-13.
— Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2023 -
And in terms of the visuals, the show handily delivers on that score.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 21 Dec. 2021 -
The tool comes with a soothing gel and fits handily into a home skincare regime.
— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024 -
No question Hudson — who starred as the Queen of Soul in this year’s biopic Respect — could’ve handily brought the house down on her own.
— Adam Gold, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2021 -
Riddle called out Seth Rollins, leading to a brawl between the two that Rollins won handily.
— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 July 2022 -
Holmes easily took home the Cincinnati Hills League swimmer of the year for a Braves team that won the league title handily.
— Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2022 -
That would resolve the concerns of Democrats swiftly and handily.
— Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023 -
Democrats hope, instead, to make the election a choice between Biden and Trump — a rerun of the 2020 contest that Biden won handily.
— Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022 -
Even so, investors must have liked the show – the stock is in the green today, handily outperforming the more than 1% loss for the Nasdaq as a whole.
— Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2022 -
Now, the village of 4,761 in a red county Mr. Vance handily won has been under the national glare.
— Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Henderson would go on to score three goals in the final 13 minutes to win handily.
— Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024 -
Van Buren handily won both the popular vote and the electoral vote.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Beyond that, most polls show that Harris won the debate, and handily.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024 -
Kate is handily a martial arts expert as well, thanks to years of training.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2021 -
Each level also has its fair share of collectibles and challenges, handily marked on the map screen.
— Matt Gardner, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 -
What no one would have guessed at the time was that a marble shot through with wine-red veining would dethrone white marbles so handily in the 2020s.
— Elizabeth Sweet, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023 -
However, the first step to make that possible may be to not only beat Auburn, but beat the Tigers handily.
— Christopher Smith, al, 21 Nov. 2021 -
Gen 9, and even cheaper systems like the Acer Swift Go 16 handily keep up.
— PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024 -
In a breakdown by team, the Denver Broncos handily topped the list, consuming 7,000 of the sandwiches a week.
— Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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