ambidextrous

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am·bi·dex·trous / ˌambiˈdekst(ə)rəs/ • adj. (of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally well: few of us are naturally ambidextrous. ∎  (of an implement) designed to be used by left-handed and right-handed people with equal ease.DERIVATIVES: am·bi·dex·ter·i·ty / -dekˈsteritē/ n.am·bi·dex·trous·ly adv.