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Handy

Performed by the hand.

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Accessible 84% connected

Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Accessible 84% connected

Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

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Adroit 84% connected

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficult…

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Adroit 84% connected

Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficult…

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Useful 84% connected

Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpo…

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Useful 84% connected

Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpo…

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Utile 84% connected

Profitable; useful.

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Utile 84% connected

Profitable; useful.

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Availableness 74% connected

Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Availableness 74% connected

Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.

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Handiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being handy.

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Handiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being handy.

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