ADJECTIVE
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capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways
double-edged praise
How To Use double-edged In A Sentence
- The blades were usually double-edged and up to 90 cm, or a little over, in length, but early single-edged sabres are also known.
- Expanding a restaurant business is the terrible double-edged mezzaluna of high-end catering. Times, Sunday Times
- The foreleg, which is attached to the thigh by a very flexible articulation, is also a double-edged saw, but the teeth are smaller, more numerous, and closer than those of the thigh. Social Life in the Insect World
- Like all air signs, Aquarians carry the double-edged gift of being able to detach their reason from their emotions, allowing them to rationalise their feelings and override base instincts or lustful passions.
- The potential financial boost is a double-edged sword .
- On her back she wore a simple double-edged sword, but her strength hid the massive weight that it really was.
- Therefore, all of LTC Leonhard's principles have a dual, double-edged nature.
- It's been said before that being well-known is a double-edged sword.
- ' he replied, pulling from his waistcoat a curiously constructed pistol, having a double-edged spring knife attached to the barrel.
- The double-edged nature of gas also induced uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times