# handily

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #35,324

## Definitions
1. In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
2. Effortlessly; readily.

## Etymology
From handy + -ly. Compare Middle English hendily, hendiliche.

## Easily confused with
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-handy)
- **handle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-handle)
- **hardly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-hardly)
- **happily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-happily)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-handing)
- **hastily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-hastily)
- **Hannity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-hannity)
- **Handley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handily-vs-handley)
- **Handel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handily)
- **handedly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handedly-vs-handily)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahndily`, `hadnily`, `handdily`, `handilly`, `handilyy`, `handiyl`, `handliy`, `hanidly`, `hanndily`, `hhandily`, `hnadily`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/handily