one-handedness noun7 •The possession of only one hand or the ability to use only one hand; the loss of the use of one hand.The young man had married a woman who had only one hand, and it was on the fact of her one-handedness that my thought was focused. — 2011 •The state of choosing to use only one hand.A later generation of bebop pianists would often be accused of one-handedness; their right hands flew along with melodies and improvisations, while their "weak" left hands just plonked chords. — 2009 •The quality of being designed for only one hand.As can be witnessed in a performance of that work by Fleisher, it is indeed a dazzling display piece in which, if it is only heard and not seen, its one-handedness might evade listeners' notice. — 2015 •The quality of having a dominant hand; left-handedness or right-handedness.Again some persons are too right-handed (I question, indeed, whether one-handedness, whether right or left be chiefly employed, does not in all cases involve a loss of power). — 1875 •Chirality •(figurative) Weakness, limitationMr. Herbert makes his moan over the awful one-handedness and one-leggedness of our rich classes, who are smitten with the universal incapacity to help theniselves. — 1892 •A state in which only one person is active
