AMBIDEXTROUS


Meaning of AMBIDEXTROUS in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dekstrəs adjective

Etymology: Late Latin & Medieval Latin ambidexter + English -ous

1. : capable of using both hands with equal ease

ambidextrous tennis players are rare

2. : unusually skillful : versatile , facile

completely ambidextrous … completely able to express himself in verse or prose — T.S.Eliot

3. : characterized by duplicity : double-dealing

unordained, uneducated, and theologically … ambidextrous — G.H.Genzmer

• am·bi·dex·trous·ly adverb

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