ambidextrous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective equally skillful with each hand
    two-handed.
    • an ambidextrous surgeon
  2. adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
    double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; double-tongued.
    • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
    • a double-dealing double agent
    • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

WordNet


Am`bi*dex"trous adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining 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.

Webster 1913