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English
Etymology
From handy + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
handiness (usually uncountable, plural handinesses)
- The quality or state of being handy.
1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen Sam Spade”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 8:All of She Came Too Late is delightfully well-written: one of the most commendable things about it is Wings' handiness with metaphor — she writes of a character who's "a good co-worker, but with as much sense of humor as a cardboard box." Or, "The night came back to me, like a bolt shooting into a lock."
Translations
the quality or state of being handy