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Double-faced

adjective

(of fabrics) having faces on both sides.

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. Synonyms: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced. "A double-dealing double agent" , "A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"

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... starvation was their principal motive for coming over. I did all in my power to fix their new faith by presents of provisions, &c. &c.: and I think they are trustworthy; for there is a straightforwardness about the Dyak character far different from the double-faced dealings of the Malay. Their stipulations were, forgiveness for the past, and an assurance that none of the Dyaks from the sea (i. e. Sarebus and Sakarran) should be employed; for they were, they said, hateful to their eyes. These terms being readily conceded—the first from interest, the second ...

— The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido - For the Suppression of Piracy • Henry Keppel

... should pass at their discretion. Equally unsuccessful with Fribourg, the duchess, wondering "whence came the evil wind which had blown upon the two cities," heeded no one of the commands which had been issued by Berne, and, as double-faced though far less skilful than her brother, still continued to negotiate with the two cities, still permitted the Lombard troops to pass. The result was that the Bernois addressed themselves directly to the count ...

— The Counts of Gruyere • Mrs. Reginald de Koven

... he was loyal and true as he stood there, and that there was not in the inmost inward heart of him a mean, double-faced wish that his friend might die there, peacefully, and leave to the winning of the strong what the weak had wooed in vain. He had spoken the truth when he had said that for his friend's life he was giving all he had, when he did his best to ...

— Taquisara • F. Marion Crawford

... to look, and to recognise in the murderer's features his own face. To the right of the throne, upon a tall-stemmed flat stand, such as offerings to the gods are placed upon in the temples, a monstrous shape appears, like a double-faced head freshly cut off, and set upright upon the stump of the neck. The two faces are the Witnesses: the face of the Woman (Mirume) sees all that goes on in the Shaba; the other face is the face of a bearded man, ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn

... prompting her," said Miss Carpenter. "She was always a double-faced cat; and you ought to ...

— An Unsocial Socialist • George Bernard Shaw

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