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ON THE ONE HAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on the one hand mean?
• ON THE ONE HAND (adverb)
The adverb ON THE ONE HAND has 1 sense:
1. from one point of view
Familiarity information: ON THE ONE HAND used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
From one point of view
Synonyms:
on one hand; on the one hand
Context example:
on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist
Antonym:
on the other hand ((contrastive) from another point of view)
Context examples
On the one hand, older stars flare less than younger stars, and Burgasser and Mamajek confirmed that TRAPPIST-1 is relatively quiet compared to other ultra-cool dwarf stars.
(TRAPPIST-1 is Older Than Our Solar System, NASA/JPL)
On the one hand, you get a bunch of oxygen.
(Scientists Find Way to Extract Oxygen from Moon Dirt, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
On the one hand, thanks to its capillary properties and morphology, it is possible to design highly user-friendly devices.
(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)
On the one hand, the traitor is dead.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the one hand, it costs you nothing to encounter danger; on the other hand, it even gives you delight. You enjoy it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Previous studies have attempted to assess the relationship between pregnancy and childbirth on the one hand and cardiovascular disease on the other.
(Pregnancy losses and large numbers of children linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, University of Cambridge)
Prudence, on the one hand, warned me that I should remain on guard, but exhausted Nature, on the other, declared that I should do nothing of the kind.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the one hand soldiers, sailors, and statesmen of the quality of Pitt, Nelson, and afterwards Wellington, had been forced to the front by the imminent menace of Buonaparte.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the one hand, of course, I was glad, for the fee was at least tenfold what I should have asked had I set a price upon my own services, and it was possible that this order might lead to other ones.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the one hand, I was definitely engaged and had a hundred pounds in my pocket; on the other, the look of the offices, the absence of name on the wall, and other of the points which would strike a business man had left a bad impression as to the position of my employers.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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