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adv
Alone; without assistance; by oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: alone, by oneself, by one's lonesome, on one's lonesome, on one's own, single-handed, single-handedly, singly, unaidedly, unassisted, unassistedly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
without assistance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: single-handed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English single-handed Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English single-handedly From single-handed + -ly.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
