handy vs nimble-fingered

handy

• Of a person: dexterous, skilful. 

• Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class. 

• Nearby, within reach. 

• Physically violent; tending to use one's fists. 

• Easy to use, useful. 

• A handgun. 

• Synonym of mobile phone 

• The hand. 

• A hand job. 

nimble-fingered

• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nimble, fingered. 

• Thieving, thievish.