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Definition: Single-handedly |
Single-handedlyAdverb1. Without assistance; "I built this house single-handedly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Single-handedlySynonym: single-handed (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Single-handedly |
| Specialty definitions using "single-handedly": myoD. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket & flew to the moon! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) He single-handedly killed 16 Chechen rebels. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramn De Espaa) | |
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| "Single-handedly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Single-handedly" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 66 | 41,290 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "single-handedly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 独自. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | segítség nélkül (single-handed, unaided). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ingle-handedlysay без посторонней помощи (without exterior help). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-g-h-i-l-l-n-n-s-y" | |
-3 letters: deadeningly, handselling. | |
-4 letters: deadenings, designedly, handseling, handselled, hanselling. | |
-5 letters: aldehydes, danegelds, dashingly, deadening, deadlines, deleading, desanding, englished, ensilaged, handlings, handseled, hanseling, hanselled, headlined, headlines, hendiadys, landlines, landslide, legalised, needlings, saddening, shigellae, shinneyed, signalled, yeanlings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6E 67 6C 65 2D 68 61 6E 64 65 64 6C 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01100101 00101101 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i n g l e - h a n d e d l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006E 0067 006C 0065 002D 0068 0061 006E 0064 0065 0064 006C 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537580737871157467807071707891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kínai, китайский, китаец |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , magyar, венгр, венгерский |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, orosz, русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , angol, английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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