single-handed
/ˌsɪŋɡ(ə)lˈhandɪd
/adverb & adjective
1Done without help from anyone else: [as adverb]: sailing single-handed round the world [as adjective]: a single-handed crusade...
- It was only when I was about 17 that I realised that all the books I had were about single-handed sailing.
- And since the late 1990s, she seems to have been pursuing a single-handed crusade to save the diva from extinction.
- They could not believe that any sane man would take on a multinational corporation almost single-handed, let alone succeed?
Synonyms
by oneself, alone, on one's own, solo, unaided, unassisted, without help, by one's own efforts, independently;
under one's own steam
2Done or designed to be used with one hand: [as adverb]: the tool is easy to use single-handed [as adjective]: a single-handed axe...
- Carrying it across the room, he opened the window single-handed (easier said then done).
- She still generates enormous force, but what is most attractive about her game is the subtly of stroke, particularly that classical single-handed backhand.
- But he was offered a job back at his old firm and gradually learnt how to use adaptive technologies such as single-handed keyboards, tracking balls and IBM's voice-recognition software.