one-handed

Meanings

Adjective

• Having only one hand.
• Performed using only one hand.
• Designed for use with one hand
• That uses one hand.
• Involving the actions of only one person.
• Chiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation.

Adverb

• Using only one hand; one-handedly.
• Very easily, without effort.

Origin

• From Middle English on-handed, variant of Middle English on-hande, onehand, from Old English ān-hende, surface analysis one + handed. Compare German einhändig, Swedish enhänt, en-handad, Icelandic einn-hönd.