| ADJECTIVE | all | ambidextrous, two-handed | equally skillful with each hand |
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| all | ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another |
| Sounds | ae.mbahdeh'kstrahs; ae.mbihdeh'kstrahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Equally skillful with each hand. | |
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| Example | "an ambidextrous surgeon" | |
| Synonym | two-handed | |
| Narrower | equipoised | lacking lateral dominance |
| Opposite | left-handed | Using or intended for the left hand |
| right-handed | Using or intended for the right hand | |
| Spanish | ambidextro, ambidiestro | |
| Catalan | ambidextre | |
| Nouns | ambidexterity, ambidextrousness | the property of being equally skillful with each hand |
| Meaning | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. | |
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| Synonyms | deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued | |
| Broader | dishonest, dishonorable | deceptive or fraudulent |
| Spanish | falso | |
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