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Able to use either hand
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ambidextrous
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" [syn: two-handed ] [ant: right-handed , left-handed ] marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Few of us are naturally ambidextrous but in terms of karate technique this can be achieved through training.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ambidextrous: The Secret Lives of Children (1985), is a novel by the American author Felice Picano . The book is a semi- autobiographical account of the author's life growing up in the 1950s. Major themes include adolescent sexuality and coming out . A ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands. 2 Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (gloss: as a tool or instrument). 3 Practising or siding with both parties. 4 (context humorous English) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ambidextrous \Am`bi*dex"trous\, a. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. --Sir T. Browne. Practicing or siding with both parties. All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. --L'Estrange.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, with -ous , from ambidexter (adj.) "double-dealing" (1610s), from French ambidextre or directly from Latin ambidexter , literally "right-handed on both sides," from ambi - "both" (see ambi- ) + dexter "right-handed" (see dexterity ). Its opposite, ...
Usage examples of ambidextrous.
As he was ambidextrous, I suggested the use of the two names Weltz and Rizzi, the former to be written with his right and the latter with his left hand.
Ice Tongue in my newly healed hand, but I was not ambidextrous in battle.
When in the seventh round Erik leans in and takes the last of these, an ambidextrous first baseman from the University of Pittsburgh named Brant Colamarino, Paul wears an expression of pure bliss.
He gives Tim cookies while addressing the boxes, exhibiting that ambidextrous bilateral competence so characteristic of contemporary American parents - all boasting hypertrophic corpora callosa, no doubt, could one but see them.
He gives Tim cookies while addressing the boxes, exhibiting that ambidextrous bilateral competence so characteristic of contemporary American parents - all boasting hypertrophic corpora callosa, no doubt, could one but see them.
Ice Tongue in my newly healed hand, but I was not ambidextrous in battle.
Was it possible, he asked himself, his gift was his ambidextrous ability with revolvers?
Like all First Level people, he was ambidextrous, although, like all paratimers, he habitually concealed the fact while outtime.
Although ambidextrous, the robot had a lot of limits, one of which was the physics of ballistics.
It was double action, with a twelve-round magazine, a decocking lever to silently lower a fully cocked hammer, and ambidextrous safety and magazine release catches.
Or ambidextrous, because your left brain is so powerful, I can’.
But with left-handers and ambidextrous people there is no such pattern.