left-handed

Speech parts

1. left-handed - Noun

2. left-handed - Adjective

3. left-handed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

left handed

Synonyms

sinistral lefty Southpaw handless bumbling morganatic bungling levorotatory butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed levorotary left side port
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Antonyms

right-handed ambidextrous dexter right legitimate illegitimate
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Related terms

left-hander

Examples

a bumbling mechanic Source: Internet

a bungling performance Source: Internet

ham-handed governmental interference Source: Internet

could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature Source: Internet

a left-handed compliment Source: Internet

in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

left-hand drive left-hand page left-hand path left-handed anti-neutrino left-handed cigarette left-handed compliment