adj
Meaning 1
Without help from others; unassisted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
single-handed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Using only one hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Designed for only one hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 4
In a single-handed manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I've been holding my family together single-handed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of single-hand
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
without help from others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a single-handed accomplishment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
unsupported by other people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unassisted, unbacked
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 8
without assistance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I built this house single-handedly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: single-handedly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: без чужда помощ (bez čužda pomošt) — without help from others; unassisted
- Chinese Mandarin: 獨力 /独力 (dúlì) — without help from others; unassisted
- Chinese Mandarin: 独力 (dúlì) — without help from others; unassisted
- Irish: dólámhach — without help from others; unassisted
- Italian: in solitaria — without help from others; unassisted
- Manx: un-laueagh — without help from others; unassisted
- Serbo-Croatian: са̑м — without help from others; unassisted
- Serbo-Croatian: sȃm — without help from others; unassisted
- Swedish: enmans- — without help from others; unassisted
- Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز (yalñız) — without help from others; unassisted
- Bulgarian: с една ръка (s edna rǎka) — using only one hand
- Manx: un-laueagh — using only one hand
- Swedish: enhands- — using only one hand
- Chinese Mandarin: 獨力 /独力 (dúlì) — in a single-handed manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 独力 (dúlì) — in a single-handed manner
- Swedish: på egen hand — in a single-handed manner
- Swedish: egenhändigt — in a single-handed manner
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