Ambidextrous: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Ambidextrous adjective. Able to use the right and left hands equally well.
How to say it
am-bih-DEK-strus/ˌambɪˈdɛkstrəs/
4 syllables, stressed on the third (DEK). Forms: ambidextrously.
Ambidextrous in a sentence
Being ambidextrous, the goalkeeper could throw just as far with either arm.
He paints ambidextrously, switching hands whenever one gets tired.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- two-handed
Where ambidextrous comes from
From Latin ambi-, on both sides, and dexter, right-handed.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
He paints _____, switching hands whenever one gets tired.
- famished
- ambidextrous
- crapulent
Show the answer
ambidextrous: He paints ambidextrously, switching hands whenever one gets tired.