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left-handed Definition

left·-handed (-handid)

adjective

  1. using the left hand more skillfully than, and in preference to, the right
  2. done with the left hand
  3. clumsy; awkward
  4. designating an insincere or ambiguous compliment; backhanded (sense )
  5. morganatic: from the custom of having the groom give his left hand to the bride at such a wedding
  6. made for use with the left hand or by left-handed people
  7. turning from right to left; worked by counterclockwise motion
  8. designating one who swings a bat, club, etc. rightward
  9. 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

  1. with the left hand to write left-handed
  2. in such a way that the bat, club, etc. swings rightward

left-handed Related Forms

left·-handedly adverb left·-handedness noun left·-hand′er noun

left-handed Synonyms

left-handed

modif.

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

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  4. Left Bank
  5. left
  6. leeway
  7. Leeward Islands
  8. leeward
  9. Leeuwenhoek
  10. Leeuwarden
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  6. leftover
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  8. leftward
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