Handheld and Portable

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Handheld adjective - Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands.

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Portable and handheld are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Portable" instead an adjective "Handheld".

Portable adjective - Capable of being moved especially with ease.

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Handheld and portable are semantically related. You can use "Handheld" instead an adjective "Portable".

Nearby Words: portative, ported, portability

It's called "man-portable" instead of "handheld" for a reason, being as big as a small truck.

Source: Magnetic Weapons
It was hardly portable in the handheld sense, though, as it was designed as a car phone.

Source: Comm Links
Previously Pokedexes were based off the current Nintendo handheld (or the iPod in Gen V) and the communication device was some sort of portable cellphone-esque watch.

Source: 20 Minutes into the Future

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