ambidextrous

(ăm'bĭ-dĕk'strəs)
adj.

1. Able to use both hands with equal facility.
2. Unusually skillful; adroit.
3. Deceptive or hypocritical.

[Alteration of archaic ambidexter, from Middle English, double dealer, from Medieval Latin : Latin ambi-, on both sides; see ambi- + Latin dexter, right-handed.]

ambidextrously am'bi·dex'trous·ly adv.

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adjective

Not being what one purports to be: disingenuous, insincere, left-handed, mala fide. See honest/dishonest.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

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IN BRIEF: The ability to use both hands equally.

Nina could play the guitar easily because she was ambidextrous.

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adjective
adjective, euphemistic, orig US

= ambisextrous. (1966 —) .

[From earlier sense, able to use right and left hands equally well.]

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For a list of words related to ambidextrous, see:

• Special, Bright, Skillful, or Unusual

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See words rhyming with "ambidextrous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ambidekstral, tohåndet

Nederlands (Dutch)
beide handen even goed kunnende gebruiken, handig op meer dan één gebied

Français (French)
adj. - ambidextre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - beidhändig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμφιδέξιος (κν. διπλοχέρης)

Italiano (Italian)
ambidestro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ambidestro

Русский (Russian)
одинаково владеющий обеими руками

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ambidextro, hipócrita, falso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ambidexter, mycket skicklig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
两手俱利的, 怀有二心的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 兩手俱利的, 懷有二心的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 양수잡이의, 간교한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 両手のきく, 両手ききの, きわだって器用な, 非常に器用な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أضبط : قادر على الستعمال كلتا يديه بسهوله متساويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שולט בשתי ידיו במידה שווה, עובד במיומנות ביותר מחומר אחד‬

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