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left-hand·ed
(lĕft′hăn′dĭd)adj.
1.
a. Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right.
b. Sports Swinging from left to right: a left-handed batter; a left-handed golfer.
2.
a. Done with the left hand.
b. Intended for wear on or use by the left hand: left-handed scissors.
3. Awkward; maladroit.
4. Of doubtful sincerity; dubious: left-handed flattery; a left-handed compliment.
5. Of, relating to, or born of a morganatic marriage.
6.
a. Turning or spiraling from right to left; counterclockwise.
b. Rotating counterclockwise; levorotatory.
adv.
1. With the left hand.
2. Sports From the left to the right: swings left-handed.
left′-hand′ed·ly adv.
left′-hand′ed·ness n.
left-handed
adj
1. using the left hand with greater ease than the right
2. performed with the left hand
3. designed or adapted for use by the left hand
4. worn on the left hand
5. awkward or clumsy
6. ironically ambiguous: a left-handed compliment.
7. turning from right to left; anticlockwise
8. (Historical Terms) law another term for morganatic
9. (Anthropology & Ethnology) law another term for morganatic
adv
with the left hand
ˌleft-ˈhandedly adv
ˌleft-ˈhandedness n
left′-hand′ed
adj.
1. having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
2. adapted to or performed by the left hand: a left-handed tool; a left-handed tennis serve.
3.
a. rotating counterclockwise.
b. (of a gear tooth or screw thread) twisting counterclockwise as it recedes from an observer.
4. ambiguous or doubtful and often unfavorable or derogatory by implication: a left-handed compliment.
5. clumsy or awkward.
6. morganatic.
adv. 7. with the left hand: to write left-handed.
8. toward the left hand; in a counterclockwise direction.
[1350–1400]
left′-hand′ed•ly, adv.
left′-hand′ed•ness, n.
left-handed
- Had a meaning of "unlucky" or "unseasonable."See also related terms for unlucky.
left hand
– left-handed1. 'left hand'
The left hand part of something is the part which is towards your left.
We were on the left hand side of the road.
2. 'left-handed'
Left-handed people use their left hand rather than their right hand for activities such as writing.
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| Adj. | 1. | left-handed - using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" sinistral - of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost" left - being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream" ambidextrous, two-handed - equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" right-handed - using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" |
| 2. | left-handed - (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent" illegitimate - of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful | |
| 3. | left-handed - (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful | |
| 4. | left-handed - rotating to the left anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise - in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | |
| 5. | left-handed - ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment" ambiguous - having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy" | |
| 6. | left-handed - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" |
left-handed
adjectiveNot being what one purports to be:
Translations
left2
(left) adjective on, for, or belonging to, the side of the body that in most people has the less skilful hand (the side of a person or thing which is toward the west when that person or thing is facing north-opposite to right). She wore an engagement ring on her left hand; They drive on the left side of the road in Britain.
adverb to or towards this side. He turned left at the end of the road.
noun1. the left side, part etc. He sat on her left; She turned to her left; Take the first road on the left; Keep to the left!
2. within a political party, Parliament etc, the most radical or socialist group.
ˈleft-hand adjective1. at the left; to the left of something else. the bottom left-hand drawer of the desk.
2. towards the left. a left-hand bend in the road.
left-ˈhanded adjective having the left hand more skilful than the right.
left-ˈhandedness nounleft-ˈwing adjective
(having opinions which are) radical, socialist or communist.
left wing the left of a political party.
left-handed
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