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 Synonyms for single-handedly
Adverb
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Richard used Harper's phone to call her father, but Harper was later removed, leaving Richard locked alone in the car for two hours.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
20 May 2025 -
To some extent, this makes up for the relatively anemic tutorial, as many (but not all) of the game's most important concepts are intuitively obvious from the user interface alone.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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In a case that's drawing significant social media attention, a Georgia college student and her father are being held in the same immigration detention center and facing deportation after they were separately stopped by police for driving without valid licenses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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This avoids the inefficiency of multiple groups negotiating separately for the same items.—
Eric Steele,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Adverb
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Its continued existence occurs solely because of our commitment to enable it to survive.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
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The bill, which goes into effect July 1, says an officer cannot stop a boat or board someone’s boat solely to do a safety or equipment inspection.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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“Single-handedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single-handedly. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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