Definition of On the one hand

1. Adverb. From one point of view. "On the one hand, she is a gifted chemist"

Exact synonyms: On One Hand
Antonyms: On The Other Hand

Definition of On the one hand

1. Adverb. (context: sequence idiomatic) From one point of view ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of On The One Hand

on the lam
on the latch
on the level
on the line
on the lookout
on the loose
on the loose(p)
on the make
on the market
on the mend
on the money
on the move
on the nail
on the nose
on the offensive(p)
on the one hand
on the other hand
on the outs
on the pill
on the plus side
on the point of
on the prowl
on the qt
on the qui vive
on the quiet(p)
on the radar
on the rampage

Literary usage of On the one hand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The spirit of the councils of Pisa (1409) and of Constance (1414-18) was formulated in the decrees of Basel, and led to a twofold result: on the one hand ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"on the one hand they are bound to obey an infallible pope, who is the sole judge of what comes within his sphere of authority, and who may be a ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"... from the primitive art of Oriental nations on the one hand and our own aborigines on the other down to the latest productions of the present time. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"on the one hand he maintain« that these principles express an absolute good ; which is to be called intellectual because its essence and truth art defined ..."

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