on the one hand

1. Also, on one hand. As one point of view, from one standpoint. This phrase is often paired with on the other hand to indicate two sides of an issue. For example, On the one hand this car is expensive; on the other hand, it's available and we need it right now. [First half of 1600s]

Example Sentences

"It's a chain that offers cheap coffee on the one hand but is also willing to pay extremely high rents on the other," he said.

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Pawlicki says that on the one hand, a reopened government means resumed industrial projects, many of which require silver.

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He was admired on the one hand for his no-nonsense drive to stamp out corruption but criticised on the other for his authoritarian clampdown on dissent and controversial attitude towards the Covid pandemic.

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Queer and drag culture have come into mainstream pop and youth culture on the one hand, but remain demonized on the other.

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“You exhibit one kind of behavior on the one hand and another when it affects you,” Miller said.

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