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Synonyms for handily

The synonym for handily recorded in this bank is effortlessly, in the sense "with ease, without much difficulty". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adverb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for handily

effortlesslyadverb, in the sense "with ease, without much difficulty"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for handily.

The senseadverbTier 2, TreelineCompetition

with ease, without much difficulty

The top seed advanced handily, dropping just four games in the entire match.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

effortlessly

Same sentence, swapped: The top seed advanced effortlessly, dropping just four games in the entire match.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for handily in the sentence quoted.

barely
jointly
formerly

Where handily turns up in the game

handily is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where handily is the trap

abjectlyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is wretchedly, in the sense "in a state of complete misery or humiliation", with handily sitting one tile away.

Play handily

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so handily reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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combatverbbattlebattle or contend against in or as if in a battleTreelineHas a reason line combativeadjectivefeistyeager and ready to compete or contendTreelineHas a reason line convincinglyadverbpersuasivelyin a way that leaves no doubtTreelineHas a reason line cutthroatadjectivepredatoryruthlessly competitive, willing to harm rivals' interests to winTreelineHas a reason line gauntletnounordeala severe test or ordeal one must get throughTreelineHas a reason line gruelingadjectivearduousextremely demanding and exhausting, testing enduranceRidgelineHas a reason line fightnouncombatthe act of fightingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line filterverbstrainremove by passing through a filterTreelineHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. handily carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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