ambidextrous
adjective
am·bi·dex·trous
ˌam-bi-ˈdek-strəs
1
a
: using both hands with equal ease or dexterity
an ambidextrous pitcher
Guatelli says the master was ambidextrous, that he sketched with his right hand while he wrote with his left—simultaneously.—John P. Wiley, Jr.
b
soccer
: using both feet with equal ease : two-footed
When Zinger played the Ghosts in the regular season, he kicked with his right foot. This time, the ambidextrous soccer player went with his left.—Lianne Elliott
2
: designed or suitable for use by the left or right hand
With two firing buttons, it's the first ambidextrous joystick—just as comfortable for lefties as righties.—Popular Computing
3
: unusually skillful : versatile
He is completely ambidextrous, that is to say, completely able to express himself in verse or prose—T. S. Eliot
4
: characterized by duplicity : double-dealing
He was unordained, uneducated, and theologically so ambidextrous that he could be either Lutheran or Reformed as the situation required.—G. H. Genzmer
ambidextrously
adverb
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