Transcription
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- [am-bi-dek-struh s]
- /ˌæm bɪˈdɛk strəs/
- /ˌæm.bɪˈdek.strəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [am-bi-dek-struh s]
- /ˌæm bɪˈdɛk strəs/
Definitions of ambidextrous word
- adjective ambidextrous Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully. 3
- adjective ambidextrous equally expert with each hand 3
- adjective ambidextrous highly skilled or adept 3
- adjective ambidextrous underhanded; deceitful 3
- adjective ambidextrous able to use both hands with equal ease 3
- adjective ambidextrous very skillful or versatile 3
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Origin of ambidextrous
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1640-50; ambidext(e)r + -ous
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Parts of speech for Ambidextrous
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ambidextrous popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ambidextrous
adj ambidextrous
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- disingenuous — lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
adjective ambidextrous
- insincere — not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
noun ambidextrous
- phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
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