Double-handed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Double-handed is an adjective meaning Involving both hands.
Meaning
Involving both hands.
More Meanings
- Designed to be used with two hands.
- Involving two people.
- Serving two purposes or involving two approaches.
- deceitful; deceptive
- With two hands.
- simple past and past participle of double-hand
Example Sentences
The double-handed conversation had started to resemble a vaudeville act.
Duchamp played a double-handed game, on one hand a public strategy on the other a clandestine commitment.
Holding his stick double-handed, the man swung it around mid-height towards Henry's already bruised rib cage.
Ibrahim, who entertains suspicions of this double-handed policy, compromises the Prince by every means in his power.
Word Forms
- doublehanded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include doublehanded, both-handed, bimanual, two-handed, twohanded, many-handed.
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