Definition of Left-handed

1. Adjective. Using or intended for the left hand. "Left-handed scissors"

Also: Sinistral, Left
Similar to: Left, Left-hand, Sinistral
Antonyms: Ambidextrous, Right-handed
Derivative terms: Left-handedness

2. Adjective. (of marriages) illicit or informal. "In Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
Similar to: Illegitimate

3. Adjective. (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.
Exact synonyms: Morganatic
Similar to: Legitimate

4. Adjective. Rotating to the left.

5. Adjective. Ironically ambiguous. "A left-handed compliment"
Similar to: Ambiguous

6. Adjective. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands. "Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"

Definition of Left-handed

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to one who uses his or her left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, his or her right. ¹

2. Adjective. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand. ¹

3. Adjective. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise. ¹

4. Adjective. Awkward or maladroit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Left-handed

1. 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Left-handed

left(a)
left(p)
left, right and center
left, right and centre
left-click
left-clicked
left-clicking
left-clicks
left-drag
left-footed
left-footer
left-hand
left-hand(a)
left-hand drive
left-hand path
left-handed (current term)
left-handed compliment
left-handed pitcher
left-handed specialist
left-handedness
left-hander
left-handers
left-luggage office
left-luggage offices
left-of-center
left-of-centre
left-over
left-sided appendicitis
left-sided heart failure
left-sidedness

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