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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: AMBIDEXTROUS, adj Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left
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