one-handed

[ wuhn-han-did ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having or using only one hand:
The left fielder made a one-handed catch of the fly ball.

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Cersei had been giving the Jaime the cold shoulder since his return, and the one-handed “Kingslayer” reaches his breaking point.

His 1990 stroke could be one such event, but Tranströmer continued to write, and to play one-handed piano recitals across Europe.

Might not a one-handed fife be introduced, or a pandean pipe substituted, and fifers totally abolished?

One-handed, with a single thrust, he picked Jason off the ground and sent him hurtling under the living arch.

I dont suppose youre going to call me down for that one-handed catch, are you?

I saw Joe make a one-handed lunge with the rifle, and saw the bayonet show fully a foot in front of the German's chest.

Office work offers special opportunity to the one-handed and the crippled, as stenography and typewriting do to the blind.

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