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ambidexterity
noun
am·bi·dex·ter·i·ty
ˌam-bi-(ˌ)dek-ˈster-ə-tē
-ˈste-rə-
: the quality or state of being ambidextrous
Examples of ambidexterity in a Sentence
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Company – and even national – characteristics of openness, agility and ambidexterity provide a cultural context that promotes innovation.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
There’s a difference between mixed-handedness and the more common phenomenon of ambidexterity.
—Ben Cohen, WSJ, 14 May 2021
In due course, firms with this ambidexterity became the digital winners of the new era—Amazon, Apple, Facebook Google, Microsoft, and Tesla.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
But Yeoh has defied this, cultivating a sort of full-body ambidexterity, shifting at will between modes of movement that have lived in her for years.
—New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
Myers saw Hickman use it to compensate for the lack of ambidexterity sought in high-level lacrosse midfielders.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2021
Garner’s playing technique was defined partly by executing octaves with his right hand, and ambidexterity factored in his work.
—David Lindquist, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
But Hoyle likes the movie beyond Montoya's renowned ambidexterity.
—Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
His ambidexterity and stunning sense of time enabled him not only to render and develop different rhythms in each hand, but also to play his two hands out of sync with one another.
—John Edward Hasse, WSJ, 15 June 2021
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Word History
Etymology
ambidexter "using both hands with equal ease" (or its source, Late Latin ambidexter) + -ity, after dexterity — more at ambidextrous
First Known Use
1593, in the meaning defined above
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“Ambidexterity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambidexterity. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
ambidexterity
noun
am·bi·dex·ter·i·ty
ˌam-bi-(ˌ)dek-ˈster-ət-ē
plural ambidexterities
: the quality or state of being ambidextrous
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