to be single-handed
31single-handedly — single handed ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE 1) done without help from others. 2) done or designed to be used with one hand. DERIVATIVES single handedly adverb …
32single-handedly — adverb see single handed I …
33single-hand — adjective see single handed I …
34single-handedness — noun see single handed I …
35single — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 one only, not double or multiple. 2 united or undivided. 3 a designed or suitable for one person (single room). b used or done by one person etc. or one set or pair. 4 one by itself; not one of several (a single tree). 5… …
36single-handedly — /sing geuhl han did lee/, adv. in a single handed manner; single handed. [1880 85] * * * …
37single — {{11}}single (adj.) c.1300, individual, unbroken, unmarried, from O.Fr. sengle being one, separate, from L. singulus one, individual, separate (usually in pl. singuli one by one ), from sim (stem of simplus) + dim. suffix. Meaning unaccompanied… …
38single — adj 1. one only, only, Sl. one shot, sole, unique, singular; lone, isolated, solitary, exclusive, separate, alone; particular, individual, personal, special; distinct, lonely, different, distinctive, extraordinary, uncommon, rare; detached,… …
39single-handedly — adverb without assistance I built this house single handedly • Syn: ↑single handed …
40single-hander — noun Date: 1946 a person who sails single handed …
