Meaning

Having only one hand..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having only one hand.
2. Performed using only one hand.
3. Designed for use with one hand
4. That uses one hand.
5. Involving the actions of only one person.
6. (chemistry) Chiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation.
7. Using only one hand; one-handedly.
8. (figuratively) Very easily, without effort.

Example Sentences

And who said the one-handed guy couldn't be self-sufficient? Certainly not his physical therapist, Gus, who led him to believe he'd be as good as new with a spaceage prosthesis and a crapload of physical and occupational therapy.

Note that we can represent any cyclic event with a one-handed clock.

A one-handed save by Wojciech Szczesny prevented Darren Pratley giving Bolton an early lead and Arsenal looked short of ideas in a goalless first half.

If either movement or speed around the court is a weakness, the one-handed backhand may be the best choice because of the extra reach.

The hoplites were pezetæri, the sarissa-armed, and hypaspists, a more select body, aimed with one-handed pike, sword and shield.

The one-handed shooter, the target man who fires the national match course, turns about 45 degrees from the target, separates his feet about the same distance, fully extends his hand, locking the elbow, and with head and body erect looks over the sights.

I don't think she knew what a relief that was, because I would have been poor help for Ralph as a one-handed crew.

Holding intercourse with Sir William at this date partook a good deal of the nature of a one-handed conversation, and the one-handedness seemed to increase when the only share of the host, in the post-prandial conviviality, consisted in passing the decanters, which Sir William was scrupulous to do.

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