Hi guys!
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Here’s the WOW for this week :
Word:
Ambidextrous
Part Of Speech:
Adjective
Derivatives:
ambidexterity |-ˈstɛrɪti| noun
ambidextrously adverb
ambidextrousness noun
Pronunciation:
/ˌambɪˈdɛkstrəs/
Meaning:
- Able to use the right and left hands equally well.
- (of an implement) designed to be used by left-handed and right-handed people with equal ease.
Synonyms:
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Antonyms:
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Word Origin:
Mid 17th century: from late Latin ambidexter (from Latin ambi- ‘on both sides’ + dexter‘right-handed’) + -ous.
Use In Sentences:
- Few of us are naturally ambidextrous.
- My brother is ambidextrous while I am right-handed.
- We got an ambidextrous tile gauge.
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