AMBIDEXTROUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does ambidextrous mean? • AMBIDEXTROUS (adjective)
The adjective AMBIDEXTROUS has 2 senses:
1. equally skillful with each hand
2. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
Familiarity information: AMBIDEXTROUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMBIDEXTROUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Equally skillful with each hand
Synonyms:
ambidextrous; two-handed
Context example:
an ambidextrous surgeon
Similar:
equipoised (lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed)
Antonym:
left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)
right-handed (using or intended for the right hand)
Meaning:
Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
Synonyms:
duplicitous; two-faced; double-dealing; double-tongued; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-faced; deceitful
Context examples:
she was a deceitful scheming little thing / a double-dealing double agent / a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer
Similar:
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
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