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two-edged

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two-edged (tjd)
adj.
1. Having two keen edges.
2. Being such that two contrasting meanings, effects, or interpretations are possible: a two-edged compliment.
two-edged
adj
1. having two cutting edges
2. (esp of a remark) having two interpretations, such as she looks nice when she smiles
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two-edged
adjective ambiguous, ambivalent, backhanded, double-edged, equivocal The effect of the laws was two-edged.
Translations
two-edged [ˈtuːˈedʒd] ADJ → de doble filo
two-edged [ˌtuːˈɛdʒd] adj (also) (fig) → a doppio taglio
two-edged [ˌtuːˈɛdʒd] adj (also) (fig) → a doppio taglio


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I had seen the heads and faces of ten youths gashed in every direction by the keen two-edged blades, and yet had not seen a victim wince, nor heard a moan, or detected any fleeting expression which confessed the sharp pain the hurts were inflicting.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Now gallants tap their two-edged swords, And pride and passion swell amain; Like red stars flashing through the night The circling wine-cups brim again.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
He was somewhat instinctive in his likes and dislikes, and from the first he most heartily disliked the room itself,--its vague perfumes, its subdued violet coloring, the faces of the grinning idols, which seemed to meet his gaze in every direction, the pictures of those fierce-looking warriors who brandished two-edged swords at him from the walls.
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