many-sided

[ men-ee-sahy-did ]

adjective

1. having many sides.
2. having many aspects:

   a many-sided question.

3. having many interests, qualities, accomplishments, etc.; versatile:

   The typical person of the Renaissance was many-sided.

many-sided

adjective

1. having many sides, aspects, etc

   a many-sided personality

Derived Forms

• ˌmany-ˈsidedness, noun

Other Words From

• many-sided·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of many-sided¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

The outcomes of attacks and other actions are often decided by rolling many-sided dice.

From New York Times

For decades, nearly every Colombian’s life has been touched by the country’s many-sided conflict.

From Washington Times

And in doing so, "Yellowjackets" brings awareness to yet another aspect of the many-sided stone that is trauma, and shows the reality of another part of some women's lives.

From Salon

“Later accounts tend to fetishize sexual connections,” she writes, but those were “just one facet of a many-sided emotional equation.”

From Washington Post

Yet there was one more fateful roll of the many-sided die.

From Washington Post