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- adjective Common misspelling of
ambidextrous .
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Examples
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I would also point out that the base of the BCSMs are definitely ambidexterous – they can thump their bibles in one hand while simultaneously pulling the trigger on their AK-47s in the other!
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I was, for the record, ambidexterous, not a leftie.
Archive 2008-04-01 kittenpie 2008
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I was, for the record, ambidexterous, not a leftie.
When kittenpie was but a kitten... kittenpie 2008
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Trying to learn to be ambidexterous though Screenname:: None.
hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004
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And also, unfortunately, that he was more or less ambidexterous.
Slay Ride Francis, Dick, 1920- 1974
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"Are we going to waste the whole afternoon [was 'afternon'] showed you to be ambidextrous." [was 'ambidexterous']
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Anybody who is ambidexterous will find it easier to learn the left single over-arm stroke before the right.
Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old Frank Eugen Dalton
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He's marvellously ambidexterous so long as he doesn't know you're looking at him.
The Divine Fire May Sinclair 1904
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The general view at present seems to be that an upper section is to be preferred; but in cases where the surgeon is not ambidexterous, it is better that he should make the section which lies easiest to his hand than attempt an upper section in
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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On the other hand, Mr. Pitt and his party, in their eagerness for place, did not hesitate to avail themselves of the ambidexterous and unworthy trick of representing the India Bill to the people, as a Tory plan for the increase of Royal influence, and to the
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Thomas Moore 1815
gangerh commented on the word ambidexterous
Aha! Adept at using both spellings!
March 1, 2008
srkrause commented on the word ambidexterous
As in, "Oh, I never read the newspaper," Kevin said. "Holding it in both of my equally strong arms makes me feel like a freak."
from The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
March 1, 2008