single-handedly

adverb

Definition of single-handedlynext
as in independently
without aid or support the team's star slugger hit three home runs, effectively winning the game single-handedly

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Recent Examples of single-handedly 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 That series single-handedly brought the reality show back from the regular-person doldrums, infusing the whodunit murder-mystery reality show with Housewives and reality TV gamers and one pilot named Pete to make the whole show sing. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 The responsibility has single-handedly become one of the most meaningful parts of his life. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026 Teen dramas are arguably single-handedly holding society together every summer. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 20 Aug. 2026 In about a quarter of them, 62 cases, soldiers single-handedly stopped people suspected of a crime, often for things like shoplifting or jumping turnstiles to avoid paying subway fare. — Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Indeed, between his bat and his glove, Tatis almost single-handedly snapped the surging Mets’ four-game winning streak. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026 To Jones’ point, Uwazurike single-handedly blew up one run-sweep to Harvey in a 9-on-7 period, arriving in the backfield the near second Harvey even touched the ball. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for single-handedly
  1. independently
  2. alone
  3. separately
  4. individually
  5. solely
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
Adverb
  • Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft alone invested a staggering $400 billion in 2025 – and that was just on data centers.
    — Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Some novelty bloody bath mat products function alone in place of other bathmats, while others are placed on top of proper bath mats for safe usage.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of alone
Adverb
  • Be sure to check whether either saves any money compared with buying the power bank or power station separately.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Instinct says users can separately delete data indexed from outside sources.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of separately
Adverb
  • The state should have to individually make cases to collect the money rather than automatically applying liens.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • An exploitable attack path may consist of findings that would not individually justify an emergency fix but collectively provide access to business-critical systems and data.
    — Taylor Morgan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of individually
Adverb
  • But when an event swells to the size of a city — the New York City Marathon had nearly 60,000 finishers last year — climate risk is no longer solely a personal matter.
    — Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • During a separate appearance at the Bloomberg conference, RedBird Capital Partners founder Gerry Cardinale, a Paramount investor and board member, said finding $6 billion in cuts would be relatively easy, and would not be focused solely on layoffs.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of solely

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“Single-handedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-handedly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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