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Definition
the ability to use either hand with equal ease- Most people are right-handed, but about 10% are left-handed and about 1% are ambidextrous.
ambidextrous = have the ability to use either hand with equal ease
- The ambidextrous point guard could dribble the basketball equally well with either hand.
- He taught himself to be ambidextrous.
- About your writing with your left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- I'm ambidextrous.Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- The surgeon is ambidextrous.
- His enemy, being ambidextrous, cast both spears at once and failed.Homer -- The Iliad
- Reporters wanted to know more about this eighty-pound ambidextrous phenom.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- He's become ambidextrous, can fight off both sides with nearly equal skill.David Baldacci -- Zero Day
- But never did, because try as he might, he just wasn't ambidextrous.John Green -- An Abundance of Katherines
- Are you ambidextrous?Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- He's ambidextrous."Marie Lu -- Legend
- I'll never forget the pitcher; his name was Angel Macias and he was ambidextrous.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- Ambidextrous at the plate as well as the mound, Angel clobbers one lefty.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- "Almost like he had been ambidextrous and didn't know it," says Jack Elliot, an armorer who helped maintain weapons for the SEALs.Eric Blehm -- Fearless
- B>ut in shutting out the heavily favored team from Owensboro, Angel, the ambidextrous pitcher from Colonia Cantu, had come unimaginably close to achieving a pitcher's crowning achievement.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
ambidextrous = having the ability to use either hand with equal ease
ambidextrous = having the ability to use either hand with equal ease
ambidextrous = having the ability to use either hand with equal ease