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
  • Biden handily won the state in the 2020 election, and Democrats are hoping to keep the state blue.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Doing so will handily set the stage for atoms-of-thought.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Kaine has handily won his last two elections for the seat.
    — Karri Peifer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • In the end, ABC could handily have afforded to spend more.
    — Vicky Mochama, refinery29.com, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Trump handily won in Itasca County with about 57% of the vote.
    — Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Measures that aren’t assured to pass handily are rarely brought to a vote.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 9 June 2021
  • Youngkin leads McAuliffe handily among white voters, 56%-38%, the poll found.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Not only did the Chiefs lose the game handily, but the crowd at one point showered the pop superstar with boos.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • 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 good news is the Eagles won, handily beating the Packers with a 22-10 final score.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • In a race at Parkside, Seidel, a sophomore at the time, won handily.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2021
  • In a race at Parkside, Seidel, a sophomore at the time, won handily.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Bartlett came on strong in the second half, getting six points from both Brown and ‘Uhila in the fourth quarter to win handily.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2021
  • After all, Harley & Co. in this week’s episode handily dispatched with all manner of threats.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Only in 2020 has the fans’ top choice not gotten in, when the Dave Matthews Band handily won among fans with more than a million votes but still didn’t get inducted.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025

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