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MANY-SIDED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does many-sided mean?
• MANY-SIDED (adjective)
The adjective MANY-SIDED has 3 senses:
1. having many parts or sides
2. having many aspects or qualities
3. full of variety or interest
Familiarity information: MANY-SIDED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having many parts or sides
Synonyms:
many-sided; multilateral
Similar:
deep-lobed (having deep bilateral lobes)
three-party; three-way; tripartite (involving three parties or elements)
three-sided; triangular; trilateral (having three sides)
palmately-lobed (having lobes radiating from a central point)
many-lobed (having many lobes)
five-lobed (having five lobes)
four-lobed (having four lobes)
three-lobed (having three lobes)
three-cornered (involving a group or set of three)
tetramerous (having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers)
four-party; quadripartite (involving four parties)
twelve-sided (having twelve sides)
eleven-sided (having eleven sides)
ten-sided (having ten sides)
nine-sided (having nine sides)
eight-sided (having eight sides)
seven-sided (having seven sides)
six-sided (having six sides)
five-sided (having five sides)
four-sided; quadrilateral (having four sides)
multipartite (involving more than two parties)
joint (involving both houses of a legislature)
bipartite; two-part; two-way (involving two parts or elements)
two-lobed (having two lobes)
bilateral; two-sided (having two sides or parts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having many aspects or qualities
Synonyms:
many-sided; miscellaneous; multifaceted; multifarious
Context example:
a miscellaneous crowd
Similar:
varied (characterized by variety)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Full of variety or interest
Context example:
a many-sided personality
Similar:
Context examples
She was so many-sided, so many-mooded—“protean-mooded” I called her.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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