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Meaning of 'left-handed' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Left-handed [ a.]
- 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.
- Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
- 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.

Meaning of 'left-handed' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . left-handed [ a]
Meaning (1):
- using or intended for the left hand
Example in sentence:
  • left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs;
  • left-handed scissors
2 . left-handed [ s]
Meaning (2):
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Example in sentence:
  • a bumbling mechanic;
  • a bungling performance;
  • could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature;
  • ham-handed governmental interference
Meaning (3):
- ironically ambiguous
Example in sentence:
  • a left-handed compliment
Meaning (4):
- (of marriages) illicit or informal
Example in sentence:
  • in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent

Nearby Words:

left left-hand left-handedness left-handiness left-off leftward leful

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