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UK
/ˌæmbɪdˈɛkstɹəs/
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[ US /ˌæmbəˈdɛkstɹəs, ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstɹəs/ ]
[ US /ˌæmbəˈdɛkstɹəs, ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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equally skillful with each hand
an ambidextrous surgeon -
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
a double-dealing double agent
a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer
she was a deceitful scheming little thing
How To Use ambidextrous In A Sentence
- The light is activated with an ambidextrous pressure switch just under the trigger guard, wrapped around the front area of the grips.
- If your customer is left-handed, then an ambidextrous safety add-on is in order - installed by someone competent.
- Increasingly known as "moobs" which is short for man-boobs The ambiguously ambidextrous quality of the word makes it a very safe and PC term in public. The Many Splendors of Boobs
- The chance element may also explain why some people are ambidextrous rather than clearly right or left-handed.
- You would give your right arm to be "ambidextrous" .. would that make you ambidextrous? Revenge of the Southpaws
- Demonstrating a certain ambidextrousness, Ignatieff put his left thumb and index finger together this time. Macleans.ca
- The ambidextrous safety levers were just the right size: big enough to be fast and positive to release, small enough that they weren't accidentally released in routine carry.
- Let me be clear here that I am not really concerned with whether she was left- or right-handed, or even ambidextrous.
- The symmetry also makes it ambidextrous, which is great for any left / right-handed families that share a home computer. Netvouz - new bookmarks
- He became ambidextrous, using his left hand instead.