ambidextrous

[ am-bi-dek-struhs ]

/ ˌæm bɪˈdɛk strəs /

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adjective

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.

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Origin of ambidextrous

First recorded in 1640–50; ambidext(e)r + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM ambidextrous

am·bi·dex·trous·ly, adverbam·bi·dex·trous·ness, nounpseu·do·am·bi·dex·trous, adjectivepseu·do·am·bi·dex·trous·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ambidextrous

1. ambidextrous , ambisextrous2. ambidextrous , ambisinistrous

Words nearby ambidextrous

ambi-, ambiance, ambidentate, ambidexter, ambidexterity, ambidextrous, Ambien, ambience, ambient, ambient air standard, ambiente

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How to use ambidextrous in a sentence

It still embraces a truly ambidextrous design and allows players to switch sensor sensitivity on the fly.
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Of course, the ambidextrous ironies of the current situation work both ways.
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He worked until those clever ambidextrous hands lost the cunning to work out the forms his active brain could still conceive.
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He is painting at a small easel and working in quite a wonderful manner, for he is ambidextrous.
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Man was once, in his childhood on earth, what Charles Reade wanted him again to be in his maturer centuries, ambidextrous.
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Because it has been found that children trained on Ambidextrous lines develop neurotic symptoms.
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It is seldom that one in this world sees his way to being so adroitly ambidextrous.
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British Dictionary definitions for ambidextrous

ambidextrous

/ (ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstrəs) /

adjective

equally expert with each hand

informal highly skilled or adept

underhanded; deceitful

Derived forms of ambidextrous

ambidexterity (ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ) or ambidextrousness, nounambidextrously, adverb

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ambidextrous

[ ăm′bĭ-dĕk′strəs ]

adj.

Able to use both hands with equal facility.

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