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Definitions for single-handedly
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. single-handed, single-handedlyadverb

    without assistance

    "I built this house single-handedly"

GCIDE

  1. single-handedlyadverb

    By oneself; alone; unassisted.

Wiktionary

  1. single-handedlyadverb

    Alone; without assistance; by oneself.

    She single-handedly organized the whole event, and even set up all the chairs herself.

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  1. single-handedly

    Single-handedly refers to accomplishing something individually or without assistance from anyone else. It implies that the person who is single-handedly doing something is solely responsible for the outcome or result. This term is often used to acknowledge or appreciate someone's exceptional effort or skill in doing something independently.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of single-handedly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of single-handedly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of single-handedly in a Sentence

  1. Kevin Paffrath:

    JFK-style Democrat i don’t believe a governor should upset the elected balance of power by single-handedly overturning the balance of power the people voted for.

  2. Mason Plumlee:

    He just single-handedly spaced our floor on offense, when you have to give that much attention to somebody, coach always draws up a good first play to get him off, he hits it and then it’s like the rest of the night that team is worried about him coming off pin-downs. Then now, he is getting some cutting baskets because they are so worried about him coming off the screen. It just changes the dynamics of your offense.

  3. Claire McCaskill:

    I hear it everywhere I go: 'Drug overdose deaths, the vast majority of them related to prescription opioids or heroin, are single-handedly destroying families and communities across Missouri and the country,' and I refuse to just stand by and watch, we have an obligation to everyone devastated by this epidemic to find answers.

  4. Neil Paine:

    Putting in that pitch clock and the rules around it has been single handedly responsible for shaving off 25 minutes of kind of dead time off a baseball game, i think that’s probably still a positive in the net sense, but at the same time you do lose a little bit of that other stuff.

  5. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel:

    Single-handedly, I ushered in the recession...only you and my mother think that.


Translations for single-handedly

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  • eigenhändigGerman
  • samodzielniePolish
  • самостоятельно, собственноручноRussian
  • egenhändigt, på egen handSwedish

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