doubleness
AmericanEtymology
Origin of doubleness
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at double, -ness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That last sentence is typical of the book’s attempt to hold on to the statesman’s and city’s doubleness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
But the seeds of it, I think, were in that very doubleness which made it so powerful.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2022
Hall is mindful of this doubleness, which he traces back to his very early adolescence in Raleigh, N.C.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
As a man riddled with sympathy, riven with a nagging appreciation for all sides, he’s doomed to bewilderment, to irony, to a maddening sense of his own irreconcilable doubleness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2021
The curious thing was that the doubleness had disappeared and everything was single again; but there was no sign of Shadows.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
