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ON THE ONE HAND
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From one point of view
Example:
on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist
Synonyms:
on one hand; on the one hand
Classified under:
Antonym:
on the other hand ((contrastive) from another point of view)
Context examples:
On the one hand, the results regarding the relationship between the use of humour and anger management suggest that the capacity for maintaining a humorous perspective in adverse situations, i.e. the use of self-enhancing humour, is typically found among people who manage anger more effectively, as well as among those with lower tendencies to exhibit angry feelings or reactions.
(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)
Striking, as we did, pretty near north-west across the island, we drew, on the one hand, ever nearer under the shoulders of the Spy-glass, and on the other, looked ever wider over that western bay where I had once tossed and trembled in the coracle.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The reasons for difference in disease severity and lethality caused by seasonal influenza viruses on the one hand, and pandemic and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses on the other hand is still poorly understood.
('Significant breakthrough' in understanding the deadly nature of pandemic influenza, University of Cambridge )
He could suit himself to his company, too, for on the one hand he could take his wine with the vicar, or with Sir James Ovington, the squire of the parish; while on the other he would sit by the hour amongst my humble friends down in the smithy, with Champion Harrison, Boy Jim, and the rest of them, telling them such stories of Nelson and his men that I have seen the Champion knot his great hands together, while Jim’s eyes have smouldered like the forge embers as he listened.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
