as in skillful
unusually proficient in more than one use or skill
A successful do-it-yourselfer who is ambidextrous in all manner of crafts.
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Recent Examples of ambidextrous
Now, Phoenix’s chance at the postseason rests in the ambidextrous hands of Booker.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Some of the most successful ventures are ambidextrous.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Being ambidextrous is more of a blessing in basketball than in most sports.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Unicycles and ambidextrous Charlie can ride a unicycle.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Some of the most successful ventures are ambidextrous.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Being ambidextrous is more of a blessing in basketball than in most sports.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Unicycles and ambidextrous Charlie can ride a unicycle.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambidextrous
skillful
Adjective
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Finnegans Wake, in his skillful hands, is a tapestry of all the works Joyce ever wrote, the final and protracted project of a writer who could never stop thinking about Ireland.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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Their smart, aggressive defense disorients even the smoothest spacing and the most skillful shooters.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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“Ambidextrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambidextrous. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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