Sekirov Dictionary

double-handed

adjective 5
adverb 1

adjective5

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Involving both hands.
- With this double-handed frontal horizontal grip the child is held in secure prone position so that its legs can move freely. — 2002
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Designed to be used with two hands.
- Usually 2–3.5 metres in length, double-handed spinning rods are ideal for tackling slightly larger fish, including tailor, salmon (hahawai), trevally, flathead, snapper, barramundi, and Murray cod. — 2010
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Involving two people.
- The double-handed conversation had started to resemble a vaudeville act. — 2010
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Serving two purposes or involving two approaches.
- Duchamp played a double-handed game, on one hand a public strategy on the other a clandestine commitment. — 2010
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deceitful; deceptive
- Ibrahim, who entertains suspicions of this double-handed policy, compromises the Prince by every means in his power. — 1835

adverb1

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With two hands.
- Holding his stick double-handed, the man swung it around mid-height towards Henry's already bruised rib cage. — 2015

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