single-handed

single-handed
/sing"geuhl han"did/, adj.
1. accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
2. by one's own effort; unaided.
adv.
3. by oneself; alone; without aid: He built the garage single-handed.
[1700-10]

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