SINGLE-HANDED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

single-handed

adverb

Definition of single-handed

as in independently

without aid or support she was adamant that if she was expected to do the project single-handed, she should not have to share the credit afterward

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Adverb

It was made in secret and released independently with the backing of its producer The Guardian, and MK2.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
These findings provide the first direct evidence that a PDW can exist independently of the main superconducting phase.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of independently

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Some people visit the gift shop here for its amazing selection of independent magazines and publications alone.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Over 7 million of us currently live with Alzheimer’s — more than 1 million in our two states alone — a number that is expected to nearly double in the decades ahead.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of alone

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Kim, who co-founded the festival in 1996 and raised nearly the entire budget for its inaugural edition single-handedly, also secured the abolition of censorship for films screened at that first edition.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Even as President, Roosevelt did not single-handedly have the power to defy the Neutrality Acts or to upend the nation’s restrictive immigration laws.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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singled (out)

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