single-handed
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single-handed
adjective single handed · singlehanded
- Without help from others; unassisted. It worked through from Swindon with a test train of 16 coaches and the new W.R. dynamometer car, the whole totalling 571 tons; this is one of the heaviest trains ever worked by a single-handed locomotive over the South Devon banks—in fact, it was competently restarted from a test stop on Dainton ban
- Using only one hand.
- Designed for only one hand.
adverb single handed · singlehanded
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In a single-handed manner.
I've been holding my family together single-handed.
Similar: by oneself
verb single handed · singlehanded
- simple past and past participle of single-hand
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adj without help from others; unassisted
| 中文 | 獨力 /独力 dúlì |
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| Italiano | in solitaria |
adv in a single-handed manner
| 中文 | 獨力 /独力 dúlì |
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