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left-handed definition
left·-handed (-han′did)
adjective
- using the left hand more skillfully than, and in preference to, the right
- done with the left hand
- clumsy; awkward
- designating an insincere or ambiguous compliment; backhanded (sense )
- morganatic: from the custom of having the groom give his left hand to the bride at such a wedding
- made for use with the left hand or by left-handed people
- turning from right to left; worked by counterclockwise motion
- designating one who swings a bat, club, etc. rightward
- having an asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that is conventionally viewed as having certain components on the left side: said of an isomer that is the mirror image of one that is right-handed
adverb
- with the left hand to write left-handed
- in such a way that the bat, club, etc. swings rightward
Related Forms:
- left-handedly left′·-hand′edly adverb
- left-handedness left′·-hand′edness noun
- left-hander left′·-hand′er noun
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