"single-handedly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From single-handed + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|single-handed|ly|id2=adverbial}} single-handed + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} single-handedly (not comparable)
  1. Alone; without assistance; by oneself. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: by oneself, singlehandedly Translations (alone; without assistance; by oneself): 一手 (yīshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), eigenhändig (German), da solo [masculine] (Italian), con le proprie forze (Italian), samodzielnie (Polish), собственнору́чно (sobstvennorúčno) (Russian), самостоя́тельно (samostojátelʹno) (Russian), på egen hand (Swedish), egenhändigt (english: almost exclusively as a modifier to participles) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-single-handedly-en-adv-~QX6A~GE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)

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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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