doubleness

doubleness noun: the state of being double or doubled.

Noun

doubleness (usually uncountable, plural doublenesses)

(usually) The state of being double or doubled.
- And of Zabulon that went out to the battayle and proceded forth to the war, with all maner of instrumentes of war fyftie M. that were prepared to the war, without any doublenesse of herte.1540, Great Bible, 1 Chronicles 12 [verse 33]
- If you think well to carry this as you may, the doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproof.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
(usually) Behaviour intended to deceive people.
- But if it be a vice to coulour craftinesse, subtile practises, doublenesse and hollow behauiour, with a cloke of pollicie, amitie and wisedome, then are Comineus and his companie to be reputed vicious.1577, William Harrison, “[An Historicall Description of the Islande of Britayne, […].] 14.”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […]...
- It is clear to you, I hope, that Stephen was not a hypocrite—capable of deliberate doubleness for a selfish end; […]1860, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Charity in Full-dress”, in The Mill on the Floss […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VI (The Great...
Synonyms:

double-dealing, duplicity, insincerity

துவிதம், இரட்டு

I only know myself as a human entity; the scene, so to speak, of thoughts and affections; and am sensible of a certain doubleness by which I can stand as remote from myself as from another.1854, Henry David Thoreau, “Solitude”, in Walden, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 146:
I plummeted down [the ski hill] past the zigzaggers, the students, the experts, through year after year of doubleness and smiles and compromise, into my own past.1963, Sylvia Plath, chapter 8, in The Bell Jar, New York: Bantam, published 1972, page 79:

plural	doublenesses

From Middle English doublenesse; equivalent to double + -ness.

What does doubleness mean?: Doubleness means the state of being double or doubled.
What is doubleness in Tamil?: Doubleness in Tamil is துவிதம், இரட்டு. See Doubleness meaning in Tamil.
How do you use doubleness in a sentence?: I only know myself as a human entity; the scene, so to speak, of thoughts and affections; and am sensible of a certain doubleness by which I can stand as remote from myself as from another.
What part of speech is doubleness?: Doubleness is a noun.
What is the plural of doubleness?: The plural of doubleness is doublenesses.

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