one-handed

Meaning

Adj

1. Having only one hand.
2. Performed using only one hand.
3. Designed for use with one hand
4. Designed for use with one hand
5. That uses one hand.
6. Involving the actions of only one person.
7. Chiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation.

Adv

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

Synonyms

one-armed

single-handed

one hand

unimanual

Translations

manco

einhändig

manc

’persona defectuosa

manchot

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: on-handed

Inherited from Middle English: on-hande

Inherited from Old English: ān-hende

Cognate with German: einhändig

Cognate with Swedish: enhänt

Cognate with Icelandic: einn-hönd

In summary

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