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ambidextrous
am·bi·dex·trous A0242600 (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; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]
am′bi·dex′trous·ly adv.ambidextrous (ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstrəs) or ambidexterousadj1. equally expert with each hand2. informal highly skilled or adept3. underhanded; deceitful ambidexterity, ˌambiˈdextrousness n ˌambiˈdextrously advam•bi•dex•trous (ˌæm bɪˈdɛk strəs)
adj. 1. able to use both hands equally well. 2. unusually skillful; facile. 3. double-dealing; deceitful. [1640–50; < Late Latin ambidext(e)r (see ambi-, dexter) + -ous] am`bi•dex′trous•ly, adv. am`bi•dex′trous•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  ambidextrous - equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"two-handedleft-handed - using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"right-handed - using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" | | 2. |  ambidextrous - marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeraydouble-dealing, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced, deceitful, Janus-faced, double-faceddishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
ambidextrousadjectiveNot being what one purports to be:disingenuous, insincere, left-handed, mala fide.Translationsambidextreambidestroambidestroambidextrous
ambidextrous [am″bĭ-deks´trus] able to use either hand with equal dexterity.am·bi·dex·trous (am'bi-deks'trŭs), Avoid the misspelling/mispronunciation ambidexeterous.Having equal facility in the use of both hands. Synonym(s): ambidexterity, ambidextrismam·bi·dex·trous (am'bi-deks'trŭs) Having equal facility in the use of both hands. ambidextrous
Synonyms for ambidextrousadj not being what one purports to beSynonyms- disingenuous
- insincere
- left-handed
- mala fide
Synonyms for ambidextrousadj equally skillful with each handSynonymsAntonymsadj marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of anotherSynonyms- double-dealing
- double-tongued
- duplicitous
- two-faced
- deceitful
- Janus-faced
- double-faced
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