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1. (adj.) left-handed
having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand:
a left-handed pitcher.
2. left-handed
adapted to or performed by the left hand:
a left-handed tool; a left-handed tennis serve.
3. left-handed
rotating counterclockwise.
4. left-handed
(of a gear tooth or screw thread) twisting counterclockwise as it recedes from an observer.
5. left-handed
ambiguous or doubtful and often unfavorable or derogatory by implication:
a left-handed compliment.
6. left-handed
clumsy or awkward.
7. left-handed
morganatic.
8. (adv.) left-handed
with the left hand:
to write left-handed.
9. left-handed
toward the left hand; in a counterclockwise direction.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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| Definition of 'left-handed' |
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1. (adj) left-handed
using or intended for the left hand
"left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
2. (adj) left-handed
(of marriages) illicit or informal
"in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
3. (adj) morganatic, 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
4. (adj) levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed
rotating to the left
5. (adj) left-handed
ironically ambiguous
"a left-handed compliment"
6. (adj) bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, 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
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1. (adjective) left-handed
≠ right-handed
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1. (adj) left-handed
having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right
2. (adj) left-handed
clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment
3. (adj) left-handed
having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction
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Sense: having the left hand more skilful than the right.
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 Afrikaans: linkshandig |
 Arabic: أيْسَر |
 Bulgarian: левичар |
 Brazilian: canhoto |
 Czech: levoruký |
 German: linkshändig |
 Danish: venstrehåndet |
 Greek: αριστερόχειρας |
 Spanish: zurdo |
 Estonian: vasakukäeline |
 Farsi: چپ دست |
 Finnish: vasenkätinen |
 French: gaucher |
 Hebrew: שׂמָאלִי, אִיטֶר |
 Hindi: वाम हस्तिक, बांए हाथ से क |
 Croatian: ljevoruk |
 Hungarian: balkezes |
 Indonesian: kidal |
 Icelandic: örvhentur |
 Italian: mancino |
 Japanese: 左ききの |
 Korean: 왼손잡이의 |
 Lithuanian: kairiarankis |
 Latvian: kreiļa-; kreilisks |
 Malay: kidal |
 Dutch: linkshandig |
 Norwegian: keivhendt |
 Polish: leworęczny |
 Persian: چپ دست |
 Pashto: په كين لاس كار كول |
 Portuguese: canhoto |
 Romanian: stângaci |
 Russian: делающий всё левой рукой |
 Slovak: používajúci ľavú ruku |
 Slovenian: levičar |
 Serbian: levoruk |
 Swedish: vänsterhänt |
 Thai: ถนัดซ้าย |
 Turkish: solak |
 Taiwanese: 慣用左手的 |
 Ukrainian: той, хто лівша |
 Urdu: بکھبّا |
 Vietnamese: thuận tay trái |
 Chinese: 惯用左手的，左撇的 |
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