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Definition of Single-handed

1. Adverb. Without assistance. "I built this house single-handedly"

2. Adjective. Unsupported by other people.

3. Adjective. Without help from others. "A single-handed accomplishment"

Definition of Single-handed

1. Adjective. Without help from others; unassisted. ¹

2. Adjective. Using only one hand. ¹

3. Adjective. Designed for only one hand. ¹

4. Adverb. In a single-handed manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Single-handed

single-barrelled single-bedded single-blind single-blind method single-breasted single-breasted jacket single-breasted suit single-celled single-channel single-click

single-clicks single-elimination tournament single-entry bookkeeping single-foot single-gene diseases single-handed (current term) single-handedly single-hearted single-lane single-layer ejecta

single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon single-member system single-minded single-minded branding moment single-minded branding moments single-mindedly single-mindedness single-molecule magnet

Literary usage of Single-handed

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

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Brock embarked with the regiment for Canada in 1802, and in the following year, single-handed, suppressed a dangerous conspiracy which had been instigated ..."

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)
"With her personal savings she started single-handed the home m 24th Street,out was later joined by two friends (Mary Finnegan and Katherine Dunne). ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"The bravery of Taj Khan in killing a bear single-handed first attracted the attention and won the favour of the Deogarh monarch ; and it was at the ..."

4. Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War by Emmett Jay Scott (1919)
"... Needham Roberts—Hoic one American Soldier in No Man's Land Killed Four Germans and Wounded Twenty-eight Others Single Handed—First American Soldiers to ..."

5. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1898)
"... single- handed as she is—Trumbull to King—Battle of Talavera—Trumbull to King—Change of Administration—Ingersoll to King—Believes Madison's Policy will ..."

6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"A hasty introduction and a diplomatic slope On the part of the ingenious Mr. B., And the gay and gallant Green was, single-handed, left to cope With the ..."

7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1860)
"... by encountering two stalwart Indians single-handed, while yet a mere child, killing one with a holster pistol, loaded with buck-shot, and playing the ..."

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