a. [ LL., fr. L. ambo both + dexter right, dextra (sc. manus) the right hand. ] Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
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All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Something that surrounds or invests;
a. [ L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go. ] Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. “Ambient air.” Milton. “Ambient clouds.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]