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one-sidedly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English one-sided Middle English -ly English -ly English one-sidedly From one-sided + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a one-sided or biased manner.
   • Macaulay was concerned to interpret the seventeenth century in terms of the triumph of the Whigs as champions of public rights; and he upheld this one-sidedly but not malignantly. 1913, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 1, in The Victorian Age in Literature:
2. In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something.
   • There was nothing Julia could tell her about sterilizing, or talcum powder, or keeping light out of the baby's eyes, or turning her over in her crib from time to time so that she shouldn't develop one-sidedly. 1915, Kathleen Norris, chapter 4, in The Story of Julia Page:
   • The man smiled one-sidedly. 1915, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in The Flying U's Last Stand:

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Synonyms

unilaterally