Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-sidedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: one-sid-ed-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a one-sided or biased manner.

adv

In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The man smiled one-sidedly."
"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."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more one-sidedly (comparative) most one-sidedly (superlative)

Synonyms

unilaterally

Questions

What does one-sidedly mean?: In a one-sided or biased manner.
Where does one-sidedly come from?: Etymology tree English one-sided Middle English -ly English -ly English one-sidedly From one-sided + -ly.

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