double-handedness noun5 •The use of both hands together. •The use of two people, working together. •Duality, the quality of serving two purposes or having two (often contradictory) facets.Yet here again Flaubert is able to reveal both the clichéd nature of the images and scenarios, and the lyrical attractions of such works for Emma, a double-handedness reminiscent of his own duality. — 2014 •Deceit or hypocrisy.Seemingly forever, our race had found cause to call the whites devils, for their unyielding sense of exploitation; their double-handedness in dealing; their tongue-in-cheek fraternising. — 1993 •Ambidexterity