ADJ

good
double
She bent and pulled up a double handful of weeds

PREP

~ of
She grabbed handfuls of the dirty snow

ADJ

small, tiny
mere
having to cope with a mere handful of staff
good
He has a good handful of letters after his name

PREP

~ of
a handful of people

PHRASES

just/only a handful of sth
We have received only a small handful of letters on this subject