unilaterally

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English

Etymology

From unilateral +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unilaterally (comparative more unilaterally, superlative most unilaterally)

  1. In a unilateral or one-sided way.
    • 2008 April 17, Jonathan Miller and Richard G. Jones, “Ex-Newark Mayor Convicted of Fraud”, in The New York Times:
      When it was the defense’s turn to try to rebut the prosecution’s case, lawyers for Mr. James called just two witnesses [—] two former councilwomen who tried to bolster the assertion of Mr. James that he could not approve property sales unilaterally.
    • 2020 September 19, Claude Arpi, “The Tibet factor in India-China relations”, in The Sunday Guardian, archived from the original on 2 October 2020:
      One can trace the first blunder to December 1949 when India kept quiet after Beijing unilaterally closed down the Indian Consulate in Kashgar, Sinkiang (today Xinjiang).

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