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ambidextral

ambidextral adjective: pertaining equally to the left and right sides.

Adjective

ambidextral (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
    • the ambidextral adjective; where two adjectives are given to one substantiv1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue

Origin of ambidextral

From ambi- + Latin dexter (“right", "skillful”) + -al. See also ambidextrous.

Words formed from ambidextral

Questions about ambidextral

What does ambidextral mean?
Ambidextral means pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
What part of speech is ambidextral?
Ambidextral is an adjective.

Words near ambidextral in the dictionary

  1. ambidexter
  2. ambidexterities
  3. ambidexterity
  4. ambidexterous
  5. ambidexters
  6. ambidextral
  7. ambidextrality
  8. ambidextrism
  9. ambidextrous
  10. ambidextrously
  11. ambidextrousness

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