Handy
Handy adjective - Situated within easy reach.
Intelligent and handy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intelligent" instead an adjective "Handy".
Intelligent
Intelligent adjective - Having or showing quickness of mind.
Handy and intelligent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handy" instead an adjective "Intelligent".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He's actually quite intelligent with a passion for literature and very handy, having practically raised himself due to his mother being delinquent in the parenting department.
Source: Brilliant, but Lazy -
Apparently, not only are they intelligent and capable of communicating with humans, they can sense dimensional distortions. Handy.
Source: Space Is an Ocean -
Hugh Farnham in Farnham's Freehold is not extensively educated or much more intelligent than the norm and his mathematical abilities are unknown, but he does have access to a long list of useful books, which come in handy when he becomes a freeholder.
Source: Creator / Robert A. Heinlein
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