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  • noun A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.

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From ambiversion.

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  • A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.

    July 8, 2008

  • JM is the very model of an ambivert in his green walking suit.

    October 26, 2010

  • Ambiverts make the best sales-types; they can listen as well as be proactive in their sales interactions. Heard on NPR's Weekend Edition.

    January 1, 2013

  • Bipolars by spasm and spurt
    Are frantic or sadly inert,
    But one who controls
    His opposite poles
    Can thrive as a happy ambivert.

    February 15, 2016