as in independently
without aid or support
she was adamant that if she was expected to do the project single-handed, she should not have to share the credit afterward
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Recent Examples of single-handed
Elinor’s single-handed battle against the coldblooded gang is tied to this novel’s timely theme: how men have always underestimated women and how women have used that to their advantage.
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Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
In a preprint paper published online today, OpenAI has managed to teach its robot hand to solve a much more difficult version of in-hand cube manipulation: single-handed solving of a 3x3 Rubik’s cube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2019
Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
In a preprint paper published online today, OpenAI has managed to teach its robot hand to solve a much more difficult version of in-hand cube manipulation: single-handed solving of a 3x3 Rubik’s cube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for single-handed
Adverb
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Advertisement But the world can’t rely on forests alone.—
Xander Peters,
Time,
30 July 2025
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Over the past two years, effective rents (which factor in discounts) have seen a cumulative decline of 14.6% in Austin, with a 9% decrease last year alone.—
Beck Andrew Salgado,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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The final straw came when both the friend and his wife separately asked to stay again, even though the woman’s parents were about to visit from abroad.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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One of the signature events on PBS this fall will be Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series produced separately from American Experience.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
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“Single-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-handed. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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