shorthandedly adverb2 •In a shorthanded manner.Some form of self-steering on a cruising yacht, whether electronic or wind powered, is a necessity if a vessel is to cruise shorthandedly in comfort and safety. — 1980 •Using shorthand or as a form of shorthand.These “privatized” rents are not directly controlled by the authoritarian state and they cannot be, in classic rentier-state logic, shorthandedly distributed according to political considerations. — 2013 formsmore shorthandedly · most shorthandedly