both-handed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.40 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Skilled or able to use either hand, with unspecified degrees of equalness; ambidextrous.
adj
adj
For use with both hands or using both hands.
adj
Involving two sides or approaches
adv
adv
Involving two sides or approaches
Example Sentences
- "“I'm ambidextrous,” she replied. “Both-handed. Dad says it's rare.”"
- "[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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From both + handed.
Inflected Forms
both handed (alternative)