One-sidedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a one-sided or biased manner.

    "Macaulay was concerned to interpret the seventeenth century in terms of the triumph of the Whigs as champions of public rights; and he upheld this one-sidedly but not malignantly."

  2. 2
    In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something.

    "The man smiled one-sidedly."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party wordnet

Synonyms

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inexcusablypartiallyunevenlyunilaterallyunilaterally

Example

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"Macaulay was concerned to interpret the seventeenth century in terms of the triumph of the Whigs as champions of public rights; and he upheld this one-sidedly but not malignantly."

Etymology

From one-sided + -ly.

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