Meaning of AMBIDEXTROUS
| Pronunciation: | | `ambi'dekstrus
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- [adj] 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.Thackeray
- [adj] equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"
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AMBIDEXTROUS is a 12 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | deceitful, dishonest, dishonorable, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, equipoised, Janus-faced, switch(a), two-faced, two-handed |
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| | Antonyms: | | left-handed, right-handed | | | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Am`bi*dex"trous\, a.
1. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
--Sir T. Browne.
2. Practicing or siding with both parties.
All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings.
--L'Estrange.
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| | Related Terms: | | adaptable, adjustable, all-around, ambidexter, ambidextral, amphibious, artful, bifacial, bifold, biform, bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bivalent, conduplicate, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, dextrosinistral, dishonest, disomatous, double, double-dealing, double-faced, doublehearted, double-minded, double-tongued, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicitous, faithless, false, falsehearted, false-principled, flexible, geminate, geminated, generally capable, hypocritical, Janus-like, left-handed, Machiavellian, many-sided, mobile, perfidious, resourceful, second, secondary, shifty, sinistrodextral, slippery, supple, treacherous, tricky, twin, twinned, two-faced, twofold, two-handed, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story, versatile |
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