Definition of ambidextrous

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am·bi·dex·trous    (mb-dkstrs) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Able to use both hands with equal facility.
2. Unusually skillful; adroit.
3. Deceptive or hypocritical.

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ETYMOLOGY:
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

OTHER FORMS:
ambi·dextrous·ly(Adverb)