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Handy
Handy adjective - Situated within easy reach.
Usage example: keeps a box of tissue handy whenever she watches Romeo and Juliet on her home theater
Close is a synonym for handy in convenient topic. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead the word "Handy" as an adjective or an adverb, if it concerns topics such as nearby, readily available.
Both words in one sentence
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The wireframes in StarCraft veer perilously close to this trope...as well as providing a handy way of estimating damage.
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This pose is also handy so two can be close to each other without obscuring faces from the camera.
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This skill as a navigator comes in handy when the Millennium Falcon has to travel dangerously close to a planet's gravity field while in hyperspace.
Source: Film / The Force Awakens
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