"double-handedly" meaning in All languages combined

See double-handedly on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Forms: more double-handedly [comparative], most double-handedly [superlative]
Etymology: From double-handed + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|double-handed|ly}} double-handed + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} double-handedly (comparative more double-handedly, superlative most double-handedly)
  1. Using two people.
    Sense id: en-double-handedly-en-adv-P-8JOG93
  2. Using both hands at the same time.
    Sense id: en-double-handedly-en-adv-U5M-JTjM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 22 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 7 47 18 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 54 11 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 52 19 27
  3. By means of two approaches or agents
    Sense id: en-double-handedly-en-adv-l93DCifk
  4. Duplicitously or hypocritically.
    Sense id: en-double-handedly-en-adv-6qzNMe~f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doublehandedly

Alternative forms

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          "text": "I said I was writing my memoirs, a choppy musical dedicated to counterpoint, without the axes of time and place, collapsing in upon itself because the notes will inevitably run out, returning, elaborating, crisscrossing, double-handedly creating variations upon a theme.",
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          "ref": "2014, George Graham, The Disordered Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Mental Illness, →ISBN:",
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