on one hand

Speech parts

1. on one hand - Adverb

2. on one hand - Phrase

Meaning

from one point of view

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

on the one hand on one side as the first option on first thought on the one part from one perspective from one point of view on the one side in the first case from one angle from one particular point of view in one respect

Antonyms

however nevertheless alternatively although nonetheless oppositely
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Examples

I can count on one hand how many people I trust. Frances Bean Cobain

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution. John le Carré

I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be. Calista Flockhart

A dangerous form of psychological splitting had to have taken place, and it continues to take place, in the psyches of many African Americans who can on one hand oppose racism, and then on the other hand passively absorb ways of thinking about beauty that are rooted in white supremacist thought. Bell hooks

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand. Jack Markell

I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job. Kate Reardon

Words in the phrase

on one hand

Close letter words and terms

on occasion on occasions on offer on one occasion on one side on one's back