How to Use handily in a Sentence

handily

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  • He won the card game handily.
  • 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
  • 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
  • The tool comes with a soothing gel and fits handily into a home skincare regime.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gen 9, and even cheaper systems like the Acer Swift Go 16 handily keep up.
    PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Yet there’s little doubt López Obrador will win handily.
    Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022
  • While many far-right incumbents won handily, others lost or are in races too close to call.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022
  • After the punch, the punchee falls back into a chair that’s been handily positioned behind them.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The class concluded that Bolt would beat Dilophosaurus handily by about two seconds.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2022
  • This two-in-one toilet seat solves that problem handily.
    Kate Bayless, Parents, 5 June 2023
  • Donald Trump didn’t romp in New Hampshire, but still won handily.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 Jan. 2024

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