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• sin´gle-hand´ed|ness — sin|gle hand|ed «SIHNG guhl HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. without help from others; working alone; unassisted; unaided: »Single handed…she performed all the labors of Mr. Jonathan Rossiter s little establishment (Harriet Beecher Stowe).… …   Useful english dictionary

• sin´gle-hand´ed|ly — sin|gle hand|ed «SIHNG guhl HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. without help from others; working alone; unassisted; unaided: »Single handed…she performed all the labors of Mr. Jonathan Rossiter s little establishment (Harriet Beecher Stowe).… …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|gle-hand|ed — «SIHNG guhl HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. without help from others; working alone; unassisted; unaided: »Single handed…she performed all the labors of Mr. Jonathan Rossiter s little establishment (Harriet Beecher Stowe). 2. using,… …   Useful english dictionary

• sin´gle-heart´ed|ness — sin|gle heart|ed «SIHNG guhl HAHR tihd», adjective. 1. free from deceit; sincere; straightforward. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous. 2. having only one purpose: »He was single hearted in his aim (W. Somerset Maugham). –sin´gle heart´ed|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• sin´gle-heart´ed|ly — sin|gle heart|ed «SIHNG guhl HAHR tihd», adjective. 1. free from deceit; sincere; straightforward. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous. 2. having only one purpose: »He was single hearted in his aim (W. Somerset Maugham). –sin´gle heart´ed|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|gle-heart|ed — «SIHNG guhl HAHR tihd», adjective. 1. free from deceit; sincere; straightforward. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous. 2. having only one purpose: »He was single hearted in his aim (W. Somerset Maugham). –sin´gle heart´ed|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• sin´gle-mind´ed|ness — sin|gle mind|ed «SIHNG guhl MYN dihd», adjective. 1. having only one purpose in mind. 2. Figurative. sincere; straightforward; single hearted: »An unpretending, single minded, artless girl infinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste… …   Useful english dictionary

• sin´gle-mind´ed|ly — sin|gle mind|ed «SIHNG guhl MYN dihd», adjective. 1. having only one purpose in mind. 2. Figurative. sincere; straightforward; single hearted: »An unpretending, single minded, artless girl infinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste… …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|gle-mind|ed — «SIHNG guhl MYN dihd», adjective. 1. having only one purpose in mind. 2. Figurative. sincere; straightforward; single hearted: »An unpretending, single minded, artless girl infinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste (Jane Austen).… …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|gle-act|ing — «SIHNG guhl AK tihng», adjective. that acts in one direction only: »A single acting engine exerts force on the piston or pistons only on one end …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|gle-ac|tion — «SIHNG guhl AK shuhn», adjective. 1. = single acting. (Cf. ↑single acting) 2. cocked and fired in separate motions: »In a single action revolver, the user pulls back the hammer by hand; he then pulls the trigger to fire …   Useful english dictionary