"handy" meaning in English

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Terms suffixed with -y",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hand",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "hand + -y",
      "name": "ety-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "hand + -y",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handy",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "handy",
        "2": "handier",
        "3": "handiest"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If something is handy, it is easy to use, or useful."
      ],
      "id": "simple-handy-en-adj-yMuLh7IS"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you have a pen handy?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is handy, then it is close by, or within reach."
      ],
      "id": "simple-handy-en-adj-UjnyAceH",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "at hand"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "hăn'di"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæn.di/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"h{n.di/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-handy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "handy"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Terms suffixed with -y"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hand",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "hand + -y",
      "name": "ety-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "hand + -y",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handy",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "handy",
        "2": "handier",
        "3": "handiest"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If something is handy, it is easy to use, or useful."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you have a pen handy?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is handy, then it is close by, or within reach."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "at hand"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "hăn'di"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæn.di/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"h{n.di/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-handy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "handy"
}