Definitions for: Left-handed


[adj] not skillful in physical movement 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
[adj] ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
[adj] rotating to the left
[adj] (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
[adj] (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
[adj] using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"



Webster (1913) Definition: Left"-hand`ed, a.
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.

Synonyms: ambiguous, anticlockwise, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, contraclockwise, counterclockwise, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, illegitimate, left(a), left-hand(a), legitimate, levorotary, levorotatory, maladroit, morganatic, sinistral

Antonyms: ambidextrous, right-handed, two-handed

See Also: left

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