handig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- able adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
- convenient adj Easy to use or reach; not causing extra trouble or effort.
- cunning adjective Clever in a sly or deceptive way, skilled at getting what you want through trickery.
- deft adj Skillful and quick, especially with the hands.
- dexterous adj Skillful with one's hands.
- handy adj Convenient and useful; easy to use.
- happy adj Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
- practicable adj Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
- smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
- versatile adj Able to do many different things well, or adaptable to many different uses.
Senses
handig is used for these senses in English:
- able Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- convenient Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
- cunning (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
- deft Quick and neat in action; skillful.
- dexterous Skillful with one's hands.
- happy (Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
- practicable Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
- versatile Having varied uses or many functions.
able — full definition
- adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
- adj Skilled or competent.
convenient — full definition
- adj Easy to use or reach; not causing extra trouble or effort.
- adj So neatly suited to someone's interests that it seems suspicious or too easy to be an accident.