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View definitions for single-handed

single-handed

adjective as in unassisted

adverb as in by oneself

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Example Sentences

The book is a manifesto—a single-handed attempt to galvanize the world to take to the streets.

Even if it had been the right place, and the right fellows had been there, what could I have done single-handed?

He was one of the few Americans who encountered the British in single-handed charges on top of the breast-works.

Sara Lee might have fought the War Office single-handed and won out, but it is extremely unlikely.

He boasted he would uproot single-handed, in one hour, all the trees in the Royal pleasaunce.

Single-handed he had to fight against the Spanish cruiser, for it was certain that the Brooklyn could give no assistance.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to single-handed, such as: alone, by oneself, independent, on one's own, solitary, and solo.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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