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1 single-handed
1. adjectiveEinhand[segeln, -segler]2. adverbhis single-handed efforts to get a new hospital — seine einsamen Bemühungen um ein neues Krankenhaus
sail round the world single-handed — als Einhandsegler um die Welt fahren
* * *adjective, adverb (working etc by oneself, without help: He runs the restaurant single-handed; single-handed efforts.) eigenhändig* * *sin·gle-ˈhand·edhe sailed round the world \single-handed er segelte als Einhandsegler um die Welt* * *single-handed adj (adv single-handedly)1. einhändig2. mit einer Hand (arbeitend etc)3. fig eigenhändig, selbstständig, ohne (fremde) Hilfe, auf eigene Faust:single-handedly auch allein, im Alleingang5. Segeln: Einhand…:* * *1. adjectiveEinhand[segeln, -segler]2. adverb
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