from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Having or making use of only one hand.
- adj. Calling for or brought about by the use of only one hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Having only one hand.
- adj. Using only one hand.
- adj. Very easily, without effort.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Adapted for the use of one hand; capable of being handled with one hand; single-handed: as, a one-handed flyrod: opposed to two-handed or double-handed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. having or using a single hand
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He didnt want to be known as the one-handed because it implied weakness.
As one of the core concepts that needs to be addressed in discussing quantum mechanics is that of complex numbers and Hilbert spaces, the authors have opted to represent this using the notion of one-handed clocks.
Cal Regan, looking dapper and in high spirits as he returned from the morning staff meeting, tossed an empty water bottle at his assistant, who caught it one-handed and deposited it in the recycling bin she kept next to her desk.
“This is the bride!” proclaimed Umm Hassane, sweeping inside and producing me with a triumphant little one-handed flourish, like a game show host.
Zuma Press Arizona receiver Juron Criner can't quite make a one-handed grab.
And they solve an important issue for techies, too – their size and unwrapped state makes them ergonomically perfect for one-handed internet surfing or tapping out a text message.
Lewis jumped up to catch it, turned around as quickly as he could and threw a one-handed line drive toward the basket.
The fic I'm working on, and yes, I know I'm not supposed to be typing (it's mostly one-handed typing), just spat out a horrible line and I had to share it ...
When you hold the device one-handed in portrait, or vertical, mode, it feels much more comfortable and balanced than any other tablet I've tested.
But instead of dunking it, he quickly made a no-look, one-handed pass to a trailing Speights.