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Definition of Double-dealing

1. Noun. Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another.

2. Adjective. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. "A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"

Definition of Double-dealing

1. Adjective. (context: of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous. ¹

2. Noun. deceit or treachery ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-dealing

double-click double-clicked double-clicking double-clicks double-count double-cross double-crossed double-crosser double-crossers double-crosses

double-crossing double-date double-deal double-dealer double-dealers double-dealing (current term) double-deals double-dealt double-decker double-decker bus

double-decker buses double-deckers double-declutch double-digit double-dip double-dipped double-dipping double-dips double-dome double-dotted

Literary usage of Double-dealing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"a Roman settler or visitor sued or was sued by a native ; and the litigious Greek, the supple Syrian, the Gaulish chieftain, and the double-dealing Numidian ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... Ciudad Rodrigo—Sir John Cradock prepares to take a defensive position at Passo d'Arcos—Double dealing of the regency—The populace murder foreigners, ..."

3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"More revolting are the want of straightforwardness, nay, the falseness, the double-dealing by which the policy of Leo X., as a true statesman of the ..."

4. The Secret History of the Oxford Movement by Walter Walsh (1899)
"... Establishes a Monastery—Pusey gives his approval—Newman's double dealing about it—Lockhart's experience in this Monastery—Mark Pattison's experience—" ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Not Only a Discussion of the by Floyd Russell Mechem (1914)
"Remedies for Double Dealing. § 2137. How when third person conspires with agent.—As has been seen in the preceding section the third person who has been ..."

6. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"double-dealing. . TW former relates to character ( Lat. ... double-dealing is acting in such a way as to have a double line of conduct, and commonly to give ..."

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