English adjective: left-handed | |||
1. | left-handed using or intended for the left hand | ||
Samples | Left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs. Left-handed scissors. | ||
Similar | left, left-hand, sinistral | ||
See also | left, sinistral | ||
Antonyms | ambidextrous, right-handed, two-handed | ||
2. | left-handed (of marriages) illicit or informal | ||
Samples | In Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent. | ||
Similar | illegitimate | ||
Antonyms | legitimate | ||
3. | left-handed (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 | ||
Synonyms | morganatic | ||
Similar | legitimate | ||
Antonyms | illegitimate | ||
4. | left-handed rotating to the left | ||
Synonyms | levorotary, levorotatory | ||
Similar | anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise | ||
Antonyms | clockwise | ||
5. | left-handed ironically ambiguous | ||
Samples | A left-handed compliment. | ||
Similar | ambiguous | ||
Antonyms | unambiguous | ||
6. | left-handed lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | ||
Samples | A bumbling mechanic. A bungling performance. Ham-handed governmental interference. Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature. | ||
Synonyms | bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed | ||
Similar | maladroit | ||
Antonyms | adroit | ||