Meanings
comparative more unilaterally · superlative most unilaterally
- In a unilateral or one-sided way.
One can trace the first blunder to December 1949 when India kept quiet after Beijing unilaterally closed down the Indian Consulate in Kashgar, Sinkiang (today Xinjiang).
2020 September 19, Claude Arpi, “The Tibet factor in India-China relations”, in The Sunday Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Oct 20201 more example
When it was the defense’s turn to try to rebut the prosecution’s case, lawyers for Mr. James called just two witnesses [—] two former councilwomen who tried to bolster the assertion of Mr. James that he could not approve property sales unilaterally.
2008 April 17, Jonathan Miller, Richard G. Jones, “Ex-Newark Mayor Convicted of Fraud”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Catalan unilateralment
- unilateralmentin a unilateral way
Czech jednostranně
- jednostranněin a unilateral way
Dutch eenzijdig, unilateraal
- eenzijdigin a unilateral way
- unilateraalin a unilateral way
Finnish yksipuolisesti
- yksipuolisestiin a unilateral way
French unilatéralement
- unilatéralementin a unilateral way
German einseitig
- einseitigin a unilateral way
Icelandic einhliða
- einhliðain a unilateral way
Italian unilateralmente
- unilateralmentein a unilateral way
Norwegian ensidig, unilateral
- ensidigin a unilateral way
- unilateralin a unilateral way
Polish jednostronnie
- jednostronniein a unilateral way
Portuguese unilateralmente
- unilateralmentein a unilateral way
Romanian în mod unilateral
- în mod unilateralin a unilateral way
Russian в односторо́ннем поря́дке, односторо́нне
- в односторо́ннем поря́дке (v odnostorónnem porjádke)in a unilateral way
- односторо́нне (odnostorónne)in a unilateral way
Spanish unilateralmente
- unilateralmentein a unilateral way
Cite this entry
unilaterally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unilaterally
“unilaterally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unilaterally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unilaterally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unilaterally.
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