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uniˈlaterally, adv.
[f. unilateral a. + -ly2.]
In a unilateral manner: a. Bot., Zool., and Path. On one side or surface only.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 162 Flowers..often arranged unilaterally along the divisions of the cymes. 1852Dana Crust. ii. 1297 With several setæ at apex, which are unilaterally setulose. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 463 The descending portions..joining others lower down either unilaterally or on both sides.
b. In respect of one side only; by means of or on the part of one side or party; one-sidedly.
1858Gladstone Homer II. 297 But then such representations in Homer are not perseveringly, much less are they unilaterally, developed. 1875Poste Gaius i. Introd. (ed. 2) 8 A judgment..may be unilaterally penal, that is, may impoverish the defendant without enriching the plaintiff. |