both-handed

alternative both handed

1. not comparableSkilled or able to use either hand, with unspecified degrees of equalness; ambidextrous.

   “I'm ambidextrous,” she replied. “Both-handed. Dad says it's rare.”

   2014, Sherwood Smith, Rachel Manija Brown, Stranger, →ISBN

2. not comparableDenoting either right-handed or left-handed; either-handed.

   [Morimori, looking for a pair of scissors in the desk] Shinzuki Morimori Shinzuki: Yes, that is right. This is asymmetric one, so it is both-handed.

   2006, Mamoru Kaneko, Game Theory and Mutual Misunderstanding: Scientific Dialogues in Five Acts, →ISBN, page 210

3. not comparableFor use with both hands or using both hands.

   He stood a bit far of the gloom of the lobby, but short of the dazzle of the stairs, and he clenched his briefcase at his chest in a tense and both-handed, reptilian grip, as if whatever he had in it must be guarded at all costs.

   2013, Adrian Van Young, The Man Who Noticed Everything, →ISBN

4. not comparableInvolving two sides or approaches

   The principle of being “both-handed” or “talk for talk and fight for fight” suggests the necessity to combine soft means with tough ones and to struggle while seeking cooperation.

   2013, Jae Ho Chung, China's Crisis Management, →ISBN

alternative both handed

1. not comparableWith both hands

   Then the brown-haired detective charged around the corner firing both-handed, skimming two off Stephen's vest, while Stephen himself danced one round off the detective's and they fell backward simultaneously.

   1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer

2. not comparableInvolving two sides or approaches

   Our second front will, in fact, comprise both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe, and we can push either right-handed, left-handed, or both-handed as our resources and circumstances permit.

   2010, Allan R. Millett, Williamson Murray, Military Effectiveness - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 104