either-handed

adjective

Able to use either (right or left) hand, often equally well; ambidextrous.

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Meanings

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

    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.

    1879, Browne's Phonographic Monthly, volume 4, page 231

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ambidextrous

Origin

From either + handed.

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APA

either-handed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/either-handed

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“either-handed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/either-handed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “either-handed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/either-handed.

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