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alternative onehanded

1. not comparableHaving only one hand.

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

   1995, Alfred L. Horowitz, MRI Physics for Radiologists, →ISBN

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   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.

   2012, Carrie Weaver, Temporary Nanny, →ISBN

2. not comparablePerformed using only one hand.

   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.

   2012, Joey Rive, Scott C. Williams, Tennis Skills & Drills, →ISBN

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   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.

   2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport

3. not comparableDesigned for use with one hand

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

   2012, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Alexander: A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Ipsus, B.C. 301, With a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of the Great Macedonian, →ISBN

   1. not comparablespecificallyPornographic in nature.

      “If it failed for me, it was only as smut; the book, at least in large black and white photocopy form, was not a one-handed read.

      2012, Todd A. Comer, Joseph Michael Sommers, Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan Moore: Critical Essays on the Graphic Novels, McFarland, →ISBN, page 146

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      ... Boys sexual content mostly consists of a series of violent and less than titillating homosexual assaults. Word of mouth among the one-handed readership would not have been good.

      '2007, Neil Pearson, Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press, Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, page 401

4. not comparableThat uses one hand.

   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.

   2015, William Hamilton, My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting, →ISBN

5. not comparableInvolving the actions of only one person.

   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.

   2011, Ralph & Phyllis Nansen, Stone Boat Odyssey, →ISBN, page 251

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   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.

   1884, Good Words Volume 25, page 67

6. not comparablechemistryChiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation.

   Because of the m-phenylene linkage along the polymer main chain, the inherent propensity to generate foldamers has been explored in several ways, and the induction of one-handed polymer helicity been achieved.

   2010 November, PD Barata, AI Costa, LFV Ferreira, JV Prata, “Synthesis, structure, and optical properties of an alternating calix [4] arene-based meta-linked phenylene ethynylene copolymer”, in Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, volume 48, number 22, page 5040

alternative onehanded

1. not comparableUsing only one hand; one-handedly.

   She waved to us and lost her balance; riding a bicycle one-handed is tricky.

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   She fanned the fire one-handed, cooked, swept the yard, pulled weeds out of the tomato beds, washed longyis and towels, and even developed a technique to wring them out one-handed—all because she did not want to put her son down.

   2014, Jan-Philipp Sendker, A Well-Tempered Heart, →ISBN

   Felicity prepares him meals he can eat one-handed, and when they have a roast, she cuts up the meat into bite-sized portions as she once did for the children.

   2012, Linda MacDonald, A Meeting of a Different Kind, →ISBN

   Doing it half-drunk wasn't all that hard. Doing it one-handed was hard but not insurmountable. Doing it one-handed and half-drunk was...The damned screws didn't want to stay in the plastic, and the instructions for putting a V-8 engine together had to be easier than this!

   2010, Tom Clancy, Patriot Games

   1. euphemistichumorousnot comparableoftenWhile masturbating.

      The kind of story that you just know was written one-handed

2. figurativelynot comparableVery easily, without effort.

   He's a terrible snooker player. I could beat him one-handed!

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   That's when Brandon noticed the five kids were laughing at him. "Are you the best player in Springton?" asked one. "Hah! We could beat you one-handed!" shouted another. "We could beat you blindfolded!" said a third.

   2000, Rigby, The runaway ball, →ISBN, page 5

   This isn't going to be a competition, College Boy. It's going to be a walkover. I could beat you one-handed.

   1994, Stephen Leather, Bill Grose, The Vets, →ISBN, page 48

   As rough as you look 'round the edges this morning, I could take you one-handed. Seriously, you can go into the kitchen and have your coffee in peace and in quiet.

   2000, Nora Roberts, Heart of the Sea: The Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy #3, →ISBN, page 93

plural one-handeds · alternative onehanded

1. informalrareA one-handed weapon.

   If you're a sword specialist, you'll need to put a reasonable amount into dexterity. Most two-handed swords need a good dex, and the high-end one-handeds do, too.

   2000 July 25, Caton Little, “Barbarian Points Distribution.....how do YOU do it?”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet)

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   : 1) A 2H weapon does more damage than a 1H one. (Right... ?) Quarterstaffs don't;otherwise,two-handed weapons are generally somewhat deadlier than one-handeds;plus you save the weight of the shield - i avoid being burdened by any means.

   1996 October 19, Ronald Neumann, “About Tsurugi of Muramasa”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)

   -enabling two weapon combat for Rogues and Samurai: the primary weapon would be drawn from a list of one-handeds and the secondary weapon would be drawn from an offhand weapon list which would be restricted to non-artifact daggers and other app weapons (wakizashi, etc.)

   1997 February 5, Joshua Salter, “NEShack”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)