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unilaterally en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English unilateral Middle English -ly English -ly English unilaterally From unilateral + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a unilateral or one-sided way.
   • One can trace the first blunder to December 1949 when India kept quiet after Beijing unilaterally closed down the Indian Consulate in Kashgar, Sinkiang (today Xinjiang). 2020 September 19, Claude Arpi, “The Tibet factor in India-China relations”, in The Sunday Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2020:
   • When it was the defense’s turn to try to rebut the prosecution’s case, lawyers for Mr. James called just two witnesses [—] two former councilwomen who tried to bolster the assertion of Mr. James that he could not approve property sales unilaterally. 2008 April 17, Jonathan Miller, Richard G. Jones, “Ex-Newark Mayor Convicted of Fraud”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022:

Forms

Translations (20)

fr unilatéralement (in a unilateral way) · nl eenzijdig (in a unilateral way) · cs jednostranně (in a unilateral way) · pt unilateralmente (in a unilateral way) · it unilateralmente (in a unilateral way) · mk еднострано (in a unilateral way) · es unilateralmente (in a unilateral way) · no unilateral (in a unilateral way) · nl unilateraal (in a unilateral way) · gl unilateralmente (in a unilateral way) · ro în mod unilateral (in a unilateral way) · ru односторо́нне (in a unilateral way) · ru в односторо́ннем поря́дке (in a unilateral way) · hy միակողմանիորեն (in a unilateral way) · de einseitig (in a unilateral way) · no ensidig (in a unilateral way) · is einhliða (in a unilateral way) · pl jednostronnie (in a unilateral way) · fi yksipuolisesti (in a unilateral way) · ca unilateralment (in a unilateral way)