Meanings
comparative more one-sidedly · superlative most one-sidedly
- 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 Stand2 more examples
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 PagePriam 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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