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left-handed

[ left-han-did ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand:
a left-handed pitcher.
adapted to or performed by the left hand:
a left-handed tool; a left-handed tennis serve.
situated on the side of the left hand.
Machinery.
1. rotating counterclockwise.
2. noting a helical or spiral member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists counterclockwise as it recedes from an observer.
Building Trades. left-hand ( def 3 ).
ambiguous or doubtful and often unfavorable or derogatory by implication:
a left-handed compliment.
clumsy or awkward.
of, relating 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.

with the left leave left hand:
He writes left-handed.
toward the left leave left hand; in a counterclockwise direction:
The strands of the rope are laid left-handed.

left-handed

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; left ¹, handed

Besides, he was left-handed, and top-notch left-handed golfers are almost as rare as left-handed catchers.

Next day, he bet the winner double their first bet that he could beat him playing left-handed.

Apparently, a fair number of left-handed people die each year from using right-handed products incorrectly.

Yes, especially as the doctors agree that Mr. Adams was killed by a left-handed blow.

I sawed under limbs and over limbs, right-handed and left-handed, standing on my feet and on my head.

The king he give me a left-handed look out of the corner of his eye, and so I knowed enough to talk on the right side.

Of course there might be left-handed piano players, but certainly all the fiddlers and all the conductors are right-handed.

This thread is a left-handed thread and must be cut with the left dies.

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