Definitions for ambidextrous

ambidextrous am·bi·dex·trous

Spelling: [am-bi-dek-struh s]
IPA: /ˌæm bɪˈdɛk strəs/

Ambidextrous is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 24 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 2178 anagrams from letters in ambidextrous (abdeimorstux).

Definitions for ambidextrous

adjective

  1. able to use both hands equally well:
  2. unusually skillful; facile:
  3. double-dealing; deceitful.
  4. Slang. bisexual.

Origin of ambidextrous

First recorded in 1640-50; ambidext(e)r + -ous

Examples for ambidextrous

A man who is ambidextrous will sign his name differently with his right or left hand, but it is the same signature.

Of course, the ambidextrous ironies of the current situation work both ways.

I should say he was ambidextrous, but he uses his left hand by preference.

He is painting at a small easel and working in quite a wonderful manner, for he is ambidextrous.

I am sorry to see that Erasmus imitated his enemies and at times was ambidextrous in the use of the literary stinkpot.

Fortunately he was ambidextrous, could use his left hand almost as readily as his right, and this helped him immensely.

For by nature the right hand is the stronger: but nevertheless it may happen that there are ambidextrous men.

Inquiry should be made as to whether the patient is right or left handed, or ambidextrous.

It is thus by attempting to be ambidextrous, I try to ward off attacks.

A genius, and ambidextrous, he could write sonnets with one hand and compose operas with the other.

Word Value for ambidextrous
Scrable

24

Words with friends

27

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