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sin·gle-hand·ed·ly

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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:

    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. Nancy Mace:

    I'm a constitutional conservative, i voted with folks like Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Sen. Tim Scott to preserve the Constitution because what we couldn't do is allow one person -- the vice president of the United States -- to single-handedly overturn the Electoral College and the results of a presidential election.

  3. Rudy Tanzi:

    Already, Alzheimer's consumes one in every five Medicare/Medicaid dollars, with 71 million baby boomers headed toward risk age, this will go to one in three, perhaps in the next decade, at which point Alzheimer's will single-handedly collapse Medicare/Medicaid.

  4. 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.

  5. Brian Conrad:

    I single-handedly bought the rest of the Amazon supply in the middle of the night, i have a closet full of it at home.


Translations for single-handedly

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

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