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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ambidextrous
    adj 1: equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous
           surgeon" [syn: ambidextrous, two-handed] [ant: left-
           handed, right-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:
       ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous,
       Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ambidextrous \Am`bi*dex"trous\, a.
   1. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
      --Sir T. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Practicing or siding with both parties.
      [1913 Webster]

            All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
AMBIDEXTROUS, adj.  Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket
or a left.


Thesaurus Results for Ambidextrous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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