ambidexter
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ambidexter
From Late Latin, dating back to 1525–35; see origin at ambi-, dexter
Example Sentences
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LeftÐhanded on both sides; clumsy; Ð opposed to ambidexter.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
It is difficult, writing as Cotton Mather often did, and had great skill in doing, in what Calef calls "the ambidexter" style, to ascertain his ideas.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth
Presently, being a five's player, and ambidexter, he shifted his hand, and the tremendous whacks resounded on the bull's left side.
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
Halifax repeatedly prevented each of these parties from subjugating the other, and his ambidexter services seem to have been rewarded by the sincere hatred of both.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Both ambidexter and quadruple-armed is that man, who in a day-laborer's body, possesses a day-laboring soul.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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