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
left-handed Related Forms
left′·-hand′edly adverb
left′·-hand′edness noun
left′·-hand′er noun
left-handed Synonyms
left-handed Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- also: I have a son who is also left-handed and wanted to play guitar.
- not: Contrary to oft quoted myth Jim Henson was not Left-handed.
- all: The Trio, David Kernan, Liz Robertson, and, Louise Gold are all left-handed.
- fully: Have a look at our range of fully left-handed items to see how we can help solve the problems.
- naturally: He was made to wear splints to correct his knock-knees and was naturally left-handed but was forced to write with his right.
- only: She was the only left-handed student in the class.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
play: And he has, on 20, lost ideal position, played the pot left-handed and rattled it.
Modifies a noun
- scissors: Both my children have been given left-handed scissors by us for use at home.
- batsman: Left-handed opening batsman Godleman, who picked up a bat at the age of 10, could well be a part of that.
- helix: The clincher was the fact that the electron density maps revealed perfect left-handed helices.
- opener: Bully on the other hand didn t, and continued to bowl a flurry of full tosses that their left-handed opener loved putting away.
- heel: Shafted right- or left-handed, heel or Tour center.
- knife: Normally GBP 4.99, May price only GBP 2.99 Left-handed bread knife One of our most popular items.
Used with adjective complement
- play: Oh, isn't that cute, look at, he's playing left-handed.
- write: He is now confined to a wheelchair and has had to learn to write left-handed as his right side and both legs are paralyzed.
- bowl: He bowled left-handed, round-arm, " rather slow and twisting.
- bat: Batting left-handed against right-handed people can be a challenge.
- hang: J Egan, the rider of All Of Me, reported that the colt hung left-handed.
- stay: I had the SAME teacher and mom insisted I stay left-handed.
Preposition: in
world: It is so frustrating being left-handed in a right-handed world.
Browse dictionary entries near left-handed
- ‹ left-hand
- ‹ left field
- ‹ left brain
- ‹ Left Bank
- ‹ left
- ‹ leeway
- ‹ Leeward Islands
- ‹ leeward
- ‹ Leeuwenhoek
- ‹ Leeuwarden

