ambidextrous
able to use both hands equally well: an ambidextrous surgeon.
unusually skillful; facile: an ambidextrous painter, familiar with all media.
double-dealing; deceitful.
Slang. bisexual.
Origin of ambidextrous
1Other words from ambidextrous
- am·bi·dex·trous·ly, adverb
- am·bi·dex·trous·ness, noun
- pseu·do·am·bi·dex·trous, adjective
- pseu·do·am·bi·dex·trous·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with ambidextrous
- 1. ambidextrous , ambisextrous
- 2. ambidextrous , ambisinistrous
Words Nearby ambidextrous
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How to use ambidextrous in a sentence
Most mice are created for right-handed players, but there are a number of excellent mice out there that have created ambidextrous programmable options like the Glorious Model O or Mira-M from HK Gaming.
Best gaming mouse: What to look for when buying this accessory | Carsen Joenk | November 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt also accommodates both right- and left-handed artists, with dials and shortcut keys on both sides of the tablet for ambidextrous access.
The best drawing tablets are your 21st-century sketch pad | Terri Williams | November 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMany esports mice, which comprise the majority of this list, describe themselves as “ambidextrous” mice, which are uniformly round and aren’t molded to fit specific hand shapes.
The best cheap gaming mice offer incredible clicking for less than $50 | Brendan Hesse | November 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMost of the time, they are not actually ambidextrous, because they lack secondary thumb buttons for left-handed players.
The best cheap gaming mice offer incredible clicking for less than $50 | Brendan Hesse | November 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt still embraces a truly ambidextrous design and allows players to switch sensor sensitivity on the fly.
Razer’s new gaming mouse pings your computer 8,000 times a second to fight lag | Stan Horaczek | January 29, 2021 | Popular-Science
Of course, the ambidextrous ironies of the current situation work both ways.
He worked until those clever ambidextrous hands lost the cunning to work out the forms his active brain could still conceive.
Literary New York | Charles HemstreetHe is painting at a small easel and working in quite a wonderful manner, for he is ambidextrous.
Literary New York | Charles HemstreetMan was once, in his childhood on earth, what Charles Reade wanted him again to be in his maturer centuries, ambidextrous.
Falling in Love | Grant AllenBecause it has been found that children trained on ambidextrous lines develop neurotic symptoms.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyIt is seldom that one in this world sees his way to being so adroitly ambidextrous.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places | Archibald Forbes
British Dictionary definitions for ambidextrous
/ (ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstrəs) /
equally expert with each hand
informal highly skilled or adept
underhanded; deceitful
Derived forms of ambidextrous
- ambidexterity (ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ) or ambidextrousness, noun
- ambidextrously, adverb
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