left-handed
Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's rightUsing one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
Meaning
7 senses(not comparable)Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
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левору́кийlevorúkij
лівору́кийlivorúkyj
using or intended for the left hand
(not comparable)Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
rotating to the left
(not comparable)Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
(not comparable)Awkward or maladroit.
(not comparable)Insincere or malicious.
(not comparable)Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path
(not comparable)Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- (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:morganatic
- rotating to the left:levorotarylevorotatory
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands:bumblingbunglingbutterfingeredham-fistedham-handedhandless