| left-handed | 1. 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. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. "The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive." (Landor) 3. 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. Left-handed marriage, a morganatic marriage. See Morganatic. Left-handed screw, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent" morganatic: (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 levorotary: rotating to the left ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment" bumbling: 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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preference for using the left hand
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| left-handed | not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands |
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| left-handed | ironically ambiguous |
| left-handed | rotating to the left |
| left-handed | (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank |
| left-handed | (of marriages) illicit or informal |
| left-handed | using or intended for the lefts hand |
| left-handed | a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
| left-handed | preference for using the left hand |
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