What is the meaning of left-handed?

adjective

  • Using or intended for the left hand.
    • usage: "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
  • Of marriages. ( illicit or informal)
    • usage: "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
  • 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)
  • Rotating to the left.
  • Ironically ambiguous.
    • usage: "a left-handed compliment"
  • Lacking physical movement skills, 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
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APAWordNet. (2010). left-handed. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/left-handed/definitions/1177438
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "left-handed" http://smartdefine.org/left-handed/definitions/1177438 (accessed September 22, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, left-handed, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/left-handed/definitions/1177438>.
MLAWordNet. "left-handed" 23 October 2010. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/left-handed/definitions/1177438>
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