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both-handed en · ADJ

Etymology

From both + handed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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.” 2014, Sherwood Smith, Rachel Manija Brown, Stranger, →ISBN:
2. (not-comparable) 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. 2006, Mamoru Kaneko, Game Theory and Mutual Misunderstanding: Scientific Dialogues in Five Acts, →ISBN, page 210:
3. (not-comparable) 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. 2013, Adrian Van Young, The Man Who Noticed Everything, →ISBN:
4. (not-comparable) 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. 2013, Jae Ho Chung, China's Crisis Management, →ISBN:

Forms

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both handed		alternative	lexicographic

Deriveds

both-handedness · both-handedly

both-handed en · ADV

Etymology

From both + handed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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. 1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer:
2. (not-comparable) 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. 2010, Allan R. Millett, Williamson Murray, Military Effectiveness - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 104:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
both handed		alternative	lexicographic

Relateds

left-handed · right-handed