Standard Lemma guide

unilaterally

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW2 N AH0 L AE1 T ER0 AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y UW2 N AH0 L AE1 T R AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a unilateral or one-sided way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they worked out an agreement unilaterally

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-sidedly

Antonyms: multilaterally

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English unilateral Middle English -ly English -ly English unilaterally From unilateral + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միակողմանիորեն (miakoġmanioren) — in a unilateral way
  • Catalan: unilateralment — in a unilateral way
  • Czech: jednostranně — in a unilateral way
  • Dutch: eenzijdig — in a unilateral way
  • Dutch: unilateraal — in a unilateral way
  • Finnish: yksipuolisesti — in a unilateral way
  • French: unilatéralement — in a unilateral way
  • Galician: unilateralmente — in a unilateral way
  • German: einseitig — in a unilateral way
  • Icelandic: einhliða — in a unilateral way
  • Italian: unilateralmente — in a unilateral way
  • Macedonian: еднострано (ednostrano) — in a unilateral way
  • Norwegian: ensidig — in a unilateral way
  • Norwegian: unilateral — in a unilateral way
  • Polish: jednostronnie — in a unilateral way
  • Portuguese: unilateralmente — in a unilateral way
  • Romanian: în mod unilateral — in a unilateral way
  • Russian: в односторо́ннем поря́дке (v odnostorónnem porjádke) — in a unilateral way
  • Russian: односторо́нне (odnostorónne) — in a unilateral way
  • Spanish: unilateralmente — in a unilateral way