ambidextrous

am·bi·dex·trous  (mb-dkstrs)

adj.

1. Able to use both hands with equal facility.

2. Unusually skillful; adroit.

3. Deceptive or hypocritical.

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[Alteration of archaic ambidexter, from Middle English, double dealer, from Medieval Latin : Latin ambi-, on both sides; see ambi- + Latin dexter, right-handed; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]

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ambi·dextrous·ly adv.

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ambidextrous

Adjective

able to use both hands with equal ease [Latin ambi- both + dexter right hand]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ambidextrous - equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" two-handed left-handed - using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" right-handed - using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors"
	2.	ambidextrous - 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 double-dealing, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced, deceitful, Janus-faced, double-faced dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

Translations

ambidextrous [æmbɪˈdɛkstrəs] adj → ambidextro

ambidextrous [æmbɪˈdɛkstrəs] adj → ambidextre

ambidextrous [æmbɪˈdɛkstrəs] adj → beidhändig

ambidextrous [æmbɪˈdɛkstrəs] adj → ambidestro/a