Definition of Two-handed

1. Adjective. Equally skillful with each hand. "An ambidextrous surgeon"

Exact synonyms: Ambidextrous
Similar to: Equipoised
Derivative terms: Ambidexterity, Ambidextrousness
Antonyms: Left-handed, Right-handed

2. Adjective. Requiring two hands or designed for two people. "A machine designed for bimanual operation"
Exact synonyms: Bimanual
Similar to: Handed

Definition of Two-handed

1. Adjective. operated by both hands at once ¹

2. Adjective. operated by two people ¹

3. Adjective. ambidextrous ¹

4. Adjective. having two hands ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Two-handed

1. 1. Having two hands; often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful. "Two-handed sway." 2. Used with both hands; as, a two-nanded sword. "That two-handed engine [the sword]" (Milton) 3. Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Two-handed

two-eared
two-edged
two-eyed violet
two-faced
two-facedly
two-fingered typing
two-fisted
two-fisted drinker
two-fold
two-footed
two-four
two-fours
two-grain spelt
two-hand
two-handed (current term)
two-handed backhand
two-handed saw
two-hander
two-headed
two-hitter
two-hundredth
two-lane
two-legged
two-liter
two-man tent
two-minute silence

Literary usage of Two-handed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... arquebuses, and two-handed swords. After a few words they drew their weapons, and the four boys so harried the guard, that if Captain ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... A Reckless Frontiersman — The Monomania of Assassination — A Wonderful two-handed Shot — Desperate Combat of Two Border Ruffians— Dying Happy — Slade, ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"But, with two-handed wrath, If baseness or pretension crossed his path, Struck once nor needed to strike more. His magic was not far to seek,— 171 He was so ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"The one-handed players were very few; the two- handed proportionately numerous. Nevertheless, three one-handed players challenged the two-handed. ..."

5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1882)
"The one is a one-handed weapon like a heavy carving-knife, the other is a two-handed cutlass. Each has its proper name, use, and mode of wearing. ..."

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