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adjective
1.
having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
2.
adapted to or performed by the left hand: a left-handed tool; a left-handed tennis serve.
3.
situated on the side of the left hand.
4.
Machinery.
a.
rotating counterclockwise.
b.
noting a helical or spiral member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists counterclockwise as it recedes from an observer.
5.
EXPANDBuilding Trades. left-hand (def. 3).
6.
ambiguous or doubtful and often unfavorable or derogatory by implication: a left-handed compliment.
7.
clumsy or awkward.
8.
COLLAPSEof, pertaining to, or issuing from a morganatic marriage: so called from the custom, in morganatic marriage ceremonies, of having the bridegroom give his left hand to the bride.
adverb
9.
with the left hand: He writes left-handed.
10.
toward the left hand; in a counterclockwise direction: The strands of the rope are laid left-handed.
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left-handed adj.
Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right.
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