Noun: handiness han-dee-nus
- Skilfulness with the hands
"he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity"
- The quality of being at hand when needed
"The handiness of emergency services is crucial in remote areas";
- accessibility, availability, availableness
See also: accessible, available, inaccessible, unaccessible [rare], unavailable
Type of: convenience, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer]
Antonym: inaccessibility