Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ambidextrous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ambidextrous \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ambidextrous
adj 1: equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"
[syn: {two-handed}] [ant: {right-handed}, {left-handed}]
2: 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
[syn: {deceitful}, {double-dealing}, {duplicitous}, {Janus-faced},
{two-faced}, {double-faced}, {double-tongued}]
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