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double-mindedly

double-mindedly adverb: in a double-minded manner; ambivalently or indecisively.

Adverb

double-mindedly (comparative more double-mindedly, superlative most double-mindedly)

  1. In a double-minded manner; ambivalently or indecisively
    • His own insecurities drive him to double-mindedly worship his wife, while at the same time, loathing her.2013, Angela Powers Flippen, Diary of an Unlikely Warrior: A Practical Guide for Spiritual Warfare, →ISBN, page 6

Forms of double-mindedly

comparativemore double-mindedly
superlativemost double-mindedly

Origin of double-mindedly

From double-minded + -ly.

Questions about double-mindedly

What does double-mindedly mean?
Double-mindedly means in a double-minded manner; ambivalently or indecisively.
What part of speech is double-mindedly?
Double-mindedly is an adverb.

Words near double-mindedly in the dictionary

  1. double-majors
  2. double-manned
  3. double-marking
  4. double-masted
  5. double-minded
  6. double-mindedly
  7. double-mindedness
  8. double-muscled
  9. double-nickel
  10. double-nickeled
  11. double-nickeling

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