either-handed

English

Etymology

From either +‎ handed.

Adjective

either-handed (not comparable)

1. Able to use either (right or left) hand, often equally well; ambidextrous.
   • 1879, Browne's Phonographic Monthly (volume 4, page 231)

     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.

Derived terms

• either-handedness

Related terms

• both-handed