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single-handed adj & adv
1. unaided or working alone a single-handed crossing of the Atlantic 2. having or operated by one hand or one person only single-handedly adv single-handedness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
single-handed adverb unaided, on your own, by yourself, alone, independently, solo, without help, unassisted, under your own steam I brought up my seven children single-handed. Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The ape-man's new friend finally succeeded in making himself heard, and when he had done talking the men and women of the village vied with one another in doing honor to the strange creature who had saved their fellow and battled single-handed with fierce Numa. I FACED these people, facing my fate in them, single-handed now,-- literally single-handed, for I had a broken arm. Tarzan, racking his brains for some means to cope single-handed with the infuriated beast, had suddenly recalled his battle with Terkoz; and as the great shoulders came clear of the window, so that the lioness hung upon the sill only by her forepaws, Tarzan suddenly released his hold upon the brute. |
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