When to Use Single-Handedly?

Use the adverb single-handedly when a person achieves something independently, especially when it's especially admirable or difficult. Your mom might have single-handedly raised you and your siblings, or you might try to single-handedly move a dining room table out the front door before your yard sale.

Is single-handedly correct?

Single-handedly means done or accomplished alone—without help from anyone, as in Carol completed the project single-handedly—she did every last thing herself. Single-handedly is the adverb form of the adjective single–handed, which is used to describe something done by one person, as with a single-handed attempt.

What does it mean to say single-handedly?

1 : managed or done by one person or with one on a side. 2 : working alone or unassisted by others. single-handed.