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Handy

/ˈhændi/
Useful and easy to handle or access, often contributing to convenience or skillfulness

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Examples:

This tool is very handy for fixing things.A smartphone is handy when you travel.

Etymology:

etymology
Originated from the late Middle English handy, with the meaning close at hand, from hand. The shift to the modern sense of skillful or useful occurred in the 17th century.

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