Either-handed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to use either (right or left) hand, often equally well; ambidextrous. not-comparable

    "There certainly is, amongst mankind, a vast weight of opinion against my position that man is, by nature, as either-handed as an ape, and that custom should follow nature."

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"There certainly is, amongst mankind, a vast weight of opinion against my position that man is, by nature, as either-handed as an ape, and that custom should follow nature."

Etymology

From either + handed.

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