left-handed
adjective
1 left-handed
Using or intended for the left hand.
Roget 239: left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal†, sinistrorse†, sinistrous†; laevo- [Pref.].
2 left-handed
of marriages Illicit or informal.
3 left-handed
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.
synonym: morganatic.
4 left-handed
Rotating to the left.
synonyms: levorotary, levorotatory.
5 left-handed
Ironically ambiguous.
6 left-handed
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed.
Roget 699: unskillful etc. 698; inexpert; bungling etc. v.; awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit; ... show more
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