both-handed
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both-handed
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adjective both handed
- Skilled or able to use either hand, with unspecified degrees of equalness; ambidextrous. “I'm ambidextrous,” she replied. “Both-handed. Dad says it's rare.”
- Denoting 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.
- For 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.
- Involving 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.
adverb both handed
- With 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.
- Involving 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.
Talk about this word "both-handed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/both-handed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. both-handed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/both-handed "both-handed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/both-handed.
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@misc{both_handed_2026,
title = {both-handed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/both-handed},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
