many-sided

[ men-ee-sahy-did ]

adjective

1. having many sides.
2. having many aspects:

   a many-sided question.

3. having many interests, qualities, accomplishments, etc.; versatile:

   The typical person of the Renaissance was many-sided.

many-sided

adjective

1. having many sides, aspects, etc

   a many-sided personality

Derived Forms

• ˌmany-ˈsidedness, noun

Other Words From

• many-sided·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of many-sided¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

Finally, America will have to accept Bill Cosby as a many-sided man, rather than a much-loved pop-culture caricature.

From The Daily Beast

It is something like a very large and many-sided crown, built of stone and set upon the ground.

From Project Gutenberg

Goethe, who stands at the opposite extreme, as the "many-sided," adds that one must see something beautiful every day.

From Project Gutenberg

Chalmers, of course, towered 275over all the rest as its man of many-sided genius.

From Project Gutenberg

This many-sided genius invented the first calculating machine and the first omnibus.

From Project Gutenberg

The first vision, however, of that many-sided city was almost bewilderingly different from the mental picture.

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