many-sided
Americanadjective
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having many sides.
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having many aspects.
a many-sided question.
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having many interests, qualities, accomplishments, etc.; versatile.
The typical person of the Renaissance was many-sided.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of many-sided
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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While some criticized the performer on social media for his actions, many sided with Lacy and argued that concertgoers should know better than to throw things at musicians while they are performing.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022
Intellectually "as many sided as music itself," Pierre Monteux successfully fulfilled the gigantic task of giving all that is, has been and will be classic in music, in this generation.
From Time Magazine Archive
That discovery led to his finding that borane molecules were polyhedral, or many sided, and to a new understanding of how a host of new chemical compounds could be constructed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, if not so powerful as Nilo, Sergius was quite as tall; and while they stood looking at each other, their faces a little apart, the contrast between them was many sided.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis
Throughout the past two centuries mankind has been confronted by an epoch-making, many sided development—the great revolution of 1750-1970.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott
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