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many-sided

[ men-ee-sahy-did ]

/ ˈmɛn iˈsaɪ dɪd /

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adjective

having many sides.

having many aspects: a many-sided question.

having many interests, qualities, accomplishments, etc.; versatile: The typical person of the Renaissance was many-sided.

Origin of many-sided

First recorded in 1650–60

OTHER WORDS FROM many-sided

man·y-sid·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby many-sided

many are called but few are chosen, many hands make light work, many happy returns, many is the, many-one, many-sided, many-tailed bandage, many-valued, many-valued logic, many-worlds interpretation, manyfold

Example sentences from the Web for many-sided

Finally, America will have to accept Bill Cosby as a many-sided man, rather than a much-loved pop-culture caricature.

Newsflash: Bill Cosby Is Not Cliff Huxtable |Tim Teeman |November 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The world is many-sided, and it presents various sides and corners to various people.

The White Rose of Langley |Emily Sarah Holt
Such is the title which our many-sided man thinks fit to bestow on the loyalty of England!

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 |Various
The influence of the saloon on the young is one of the most serious phases of the many-sided evils of the liquor traffic.

The Arena |Various

The influence of farmyard manure is so many-sided that it is difficult even to enumerate its different functions.

Manures and the principles of manuring |Charles Morton Aikman
We believe this conscience to be a single thing, but it is many-sided.

Three Plays |Luigi Pirandello

British Dictionary definitions for many-sided

many-sided

adjective

having many sides, aspects, etc a many-sided personality

Derived forms of many-sided

many-sidedness, noun