left-hand·ed (l ft h nd d)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 -handed·ly adv.left -handed·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) (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) Law another term for morganatic
adv
with the left hand
left-handedly adv
left-handedness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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" |
Translations
left-handed [ˈleftˈhændɪd] ADJ [person] → zurdo; [shot, stroke] → (realizado)con la(mano)izquierda; [tool] → para zurdos (fig) [compliment] → con doble sentido, ambiguo
left-handed [ˌlɛftˈhændɪd] adj → mancino/a (fig) (compliment) → ambiguo/a
left-handed scissors → forbici fpl per mancini
left-handed [ˌlɛftˈhændɪd] adj → mancino/a (fig) (compliment) → ambiguo/a
left-handed scissors → forbici fpl per mancini
left-handed scissors → forbici fpl per mancini
left-handed [ˌlɛftˈhændɪd] adj → mancino/a (fig) (compliment) → ambiguo/a
left-handed scissors → forbici fpl per mancini
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