double-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of double-minded
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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“I was a very double-minded person, as all Soviets were,” Lebedev said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
Mr. Comey looked to me both embarrassed and double-minded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2016
Where he had been sincere, erring only from impulsiveness, she had been double-minded and calculating; and, now that her delusion had been broken down, she had nothing to rest upon.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
A two-sided man is apt also to be double-minded.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Well, single-minded or double-minded, if she is what she says she is, what motive on earth could she have in writing to me except the motive she gives?
From Fennel and Rue by William Dean Howells
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