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ambidextrous
Definitions
(Adjective) able to use both hands; both right- and left-handedUsage: The ambidextrous boy could write using either hand.
(Noun) able to use either hand equally
Usage: The basketball player is ambidextrous and can shoot with either hand.
(Adjective) Equally adept with both hands
Usage: It helps surgeons to be ambidextrous
1. Proficient with either hand; equally skillful with both hands; both left- and right-handed.
Quote: Robert Reisner. Graffiti. Two Thousand Years of Wall Writing :' I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.'
2. Contemporary synonym for bisexual. See bisexual for synonyms.
(Adjective) having the ability to use both your right and left hands efficiently.
Usage: I switched to my left hand because I'm ambidextrous.
(Adjective) Ability to use both hands for writing.
Usage: He was both right and left handed you could call him ambidextrous.
(Adjective) A person who is able to use both his right and left hand with equal skill.
Usage: That is one ambidextrous artist.
(Adjective) writing or otherwise using both hands
using both hands
(Adjective) Equally skilled with both hands; unusually skilled in general.
(Adjective) someone who can use either hand
(Adjective) Having the ease of both hands equally
Usage: He is an ambidextrous player. He can bat skillfully with either of his hands
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