"single-handedly" meaning in English

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          "text": "She single-handedly organized the whole event, and even set up all the chairs herself.",
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          "ref": "1977 December 26, “Charlie Chaplin Dead at 88; Made the Film an Art Form”, in The New York Times:",
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          "text": "“Despite the surge in prices weighing on their purchasing power, the U.S. consumer now appears to be single-handedly keeping the global economy afloat,” Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a note.",
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        "Alone; without assistance; by oneself."
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          "word": "by oneself"
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          "word": "singlehandedly"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīshǒu",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "一手"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "eigenhändig"
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          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
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          "word": "da solo"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "con le proprie forze"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "samodzielnie"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobstvennorúčno",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "собственнору́чно"
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          "roman": "samostojátelʹno",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "самостоя́тельно"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
          "word": "på egen hand"
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    {
      "word": "singlehandedly"
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      "roman": "yīshǒu",
      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "一手"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "eigenhändig"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
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      "word": "da solo"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "con le proprie forze"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "samodzielnie"
    },
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      "roman": "sobstvennorúčno",
      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "собственнору́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "samostojátelʹno",
      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "самостоя́тельно"
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      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
      "word": "på egen hand"
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      "sense": "alone; without assistance; by oneself",
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