# one-handed

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Having only one hand.
2. Performed using only one hand.
3. Designed for use with one hand
4. Designed for use with one hand
5. That uses one hand.
6. Involving the actions of only one person.
7. Chiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation.

## Etymology
From Middle English on-handed, variant of Middle English on-hande, onehand, from Old English ānhende (“one-handed”). By surface analysis, one + handed. Compare German einhändig (“one-handed”), Swedish enhänt, en-handad (“one-handed”), Icelandic einn-hönd (“one-handed”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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