ambi-handed

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English

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Etymology

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From ambi- +‎ handed.

Adjective

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ambi-handed (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having equal ability in both hands; ambidextrous, both-handed.
    • 2007, Lauren Julius Harris, “Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality”, in Henri Cohen, Brigitte Stemmer, editors, Consciousness and Cognition: Fragments of Mind and Brain, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 89:
      About 9 of 10 adults are right-handed, the rest left-handed or, in rare cases, 'ambi-handed' or ambidextrous (the figures are similar in men and women except that left-handedness is slightly more common among men).