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adjective
1.
able to use both hands equally well: an ambidextrous surgeon.
2.
unusually skillful; facile: an ambidextrous painter, familiar with all media.
3.
double-dealing; deceitful.
4.
Slang. bisexual.
Related forms
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
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Ambidextrous
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Example Sentences
- Often the only penalty for having an ambidextrous mixture is that half of it is wasted.
- His style is ambidextrous and probably unique.
- He can just switch to the left hand and be ambidextrous.
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Word Origin & History
ambidextrous
1640s, from L. ambidexter, lit. "right-handed on both sides," from ambi- "both" (see ambi-) + dexter "right-handed" (see dexterity). Its opposite, ambilevous "left-handed on both sides, clumsy" (1640s) is rare. Ambidexter "one who takes bribes
EXPANDfrom both sides" is attested from 1530s and is the earliest form of the word in Eng.; its sense of "one who uses both hands equally well" appears by 1590s.
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Medical Dictionary
ambidextrous am·bi·dex·trous (ām'bĭ-děk'strəs)
adj.
Able to use both hands with equal facility.
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