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handedly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English handed Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English handedly From handed + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard) Easily; with ease; misconstruction of handily.
    • The squirt was hitting 25-foot jumpers handedly, although she wasn't one for that whole dribbling thing. 2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary, Bolivia, Trafford Publishing, illustrated, page 75
    • SK won handedly, placing 5ᵗʰ in the nation on this night. 2006, D. Blue, S. K. Black, The Velvet Machine: A Plush Collection of Unshaven Essays, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 185:
    • In the end, there was nothing that Frost could do to defeat Sessions, who won handedly by 56 to 44 percent. 2005, Sunil Ahuja, Robert E. Dewhirst, The Road to Congress 2004, Nova Publishers,, →ISBN, page 49:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more handedly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most handedly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

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