left-handed

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adjective

1. using or intended for the left hand
- left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs
- left-handed scissors
• Ant:
ambidextrous, right-handed
• Similar to:
left, left-hand, sinistral
• See Also:
sinistral, left
• Derivationally related forms:
left-handedness
2. (of marriages) illicit or informal
- in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent
• Similar to:
illegitimate
3. (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
• Syn:
morganatic
• Similar to:
legitimate
4. rotating to the left
• Syn:
levorotary, levorotatory
• Similar to:
counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise
5. ironically ambiguous
- a left-handed compliment
• Similar to:
ambiguous
6. 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
• Syn:
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed,
handless, heavy-handed
• Similar to:
maladroit

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, levorotary, levorotatory, morganatic
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  ambidextrous, two-handed, right-handed