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- Dictionarysingle-handed/ˌsɪŋɡ(ə)lˈhandɪd/
adverb
- 1. without help from anyone else: "he sailed single-handed round the world"
- 2. with one hand: "the tool is easy to use single-handed"
adjective
- 1. done without help from anyone else: "a single-handed crusade"
- 2. done or designed to be used with one hand: "a single-handed axe"
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involving only one person's work or effort: The round-the-world single-handed race is sailing's ultimate challenge. single-handedly. adverb us / ˈsɪŋ·ɡəlˈhæn·dɪd·li / She single-handedly supported the family after her husband’s death. (Definition of single-handed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of SINGLE-HANDED is managed or done by one person or with one on a side. How to use single-handed in a sentence.
If you do something single-handed, you do it on your own, without help from anyone else. I brought up my seven children single-handed. She changed the face of British politics almost single-handed.
involving only one person's work or effort: The round-the-world single-handed race is sailing's ultimate challenge. single-handedly. adverb us / ˈsɪŋ·ɡəlˈhæn·dɪd·li / She single-handedly supported the family after her husband’s death. (Definition of single-handed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Single-handed is used to describe something done or accomplished alone—without help from anyone, as in a single-handed attempt. It can also be used as an adverb meaning the same thing as single-handedly, as in Carol completed the project single-handed—she did every last thing herself.
without help. (all) by yourself I don't think I can fix the car alone - can you help? (all) on your own UK I learnt the song all on my own. single-handedly She single-handedly saved the company from bankruptcy. unassisted After years of using a cane, intensive physio enabled her to walk unassisted.
If something is completely independent, with no help from anyone, it's single-handed. Your solo hiking expedition, for example, is single-handed. Use the adjective single-handed to describe something that's unassisted, or that's achieved without aid from other people.
