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Meaning of doublehanded | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people.

not-comparable

Examples

“This section uses a survey of thirteen couples to look at typical shorthanded solutions to watchkeeping and then discusses some standard watch schedules for doublehanded crews.”
“When a double-handed person turned, the ropes would hit against each other, spiraling in lopsided arcs.”
“Of the ancient doublehanded espadons of the Switzer, I have, in this way, received, I think, not less than six, in excellent preservation, from as many different individuals, who thus testified their general approbation of these pages.”
“It is this doublehanded judgement that Personal Services seeks to expose.”
“It is with this ambiguity in mind that one can begin a serious deconstructive, or doublehanded, reading of Levinas's work.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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