many-sided
- adjective
- /ˈmɛniˈsaɪdɪd/
- He has a many-sided approach to solving problems, considering every angle before making a decision.
- many-sided personality
Examples
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Ideas such as national interest were too rich in meaning, too many-sided, for any single explicit and narrow definition.
Academic text (1991) -
The museum's exhibit is many-sided, showcasing the diverse aspects of modern art from various cultures.
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Now, others of us find that good, bad, right, wrong are many-sided, complex things.
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An excellent actor with a many-sided streak.
Blog text (7) -
"Identification with a national 'imagined community' is a complex, many-sided construction.
Academic text (1991) -
In disparaging the ideal of creating many-sided personalities, Ravitch overlooks the way that aim mirrored Beard's description of written history as an act of faith.
Academic text (2002) -
These booklets do not systematically outline the many-sided history of the Irish, Germans, Portuguese, Jews, and Armenians in Rhode Island.
Academic text (1991) -
My hubby is an artisan who makes shamanic drums, similar to a bodhrán but many-sided instead of round.
Blog text (1) -
For that reason, he concluded that the aim of the social studies was the creation, within the students, of rich, many-sided personalities (Beard 1932, 20-21, 42-48, 70-71, 96-97).
Academic text (2002) -
Her many-sided personality makes her an interesting friend; she can be serious one moment and playful the next.
Synonyms
Made of many different kinds
Containing many different kinds, not all the same
A person who can do many different things well
Having many different parts or sides
Having many different parts or sides that make it complex
Having many different kinds or parts
Having many different parts or aspects
Having many different kinds of things
Having many different parts or qualities
Having many parts or features and not simple
Having many different parts or types
Having many different forms or shapes
Antonyms
How Diverse
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Many-sided comes from the simple parts many and side, and side means 'part' or 'aspect'. So something many-sided has many different parts, qualities, or ways to look at it.