Onehanded
adj, adv
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative form of one-handed. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"A month earlier, we would have been shocked if a onehanded, fifty-four-year-old Norwegian fisherman had hailed us boisterously from the end of his wharf, but as we'd traveled north, we'd found the country less developed and less populated, and its people more outgoing."
Adverb
- 1 Alternative form of one-handed. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"He lit a cigar onehanded. It was clearly his trick."
Example
More examples"A month earlier, we would have been shocked if a onehanded, fifty-four-year-old Norwegian fisherman had hailed us boisterously from the end of his wharf, but as we'd traveled north, we'd found the country less developed and less populated, and its people more outgoing."
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