one-sidedly

adverb

In a one-sided or biased manner.

Meanings

adverbone-sidedly (comparative more one-sidedly, superlative most one-sidedly)

comparative more one-sidedly · superlative most one-sidedly

  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.

    1913, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 1, in The Victorian Age in Literature
  2. In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something.

    The man smiled one-sidedly.

    1915, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in The Flying U's Last Stand
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    There was nothing Julia could tell her about sterilizing, or talcum powder, or keeping light out of the baby's eyes, or turning her over in her crib from time to time so that she shouldn't develop one-sidedly.

    1915, Kathleen Norris, chapter 4, in The Story of Julia Page

    Priam smiled one-sidedly at him over his own glass.

    1948, Dorothy M. Johnson, Beyond the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 136

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party

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Origin

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