Dictionary definition · left-handed
adjective
- using or intended for the left hand"left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"
- (of marriages) illicit or informal"in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
- (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
- rotating to the left
- ironically ambiguous"a left-handed compliment"
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands"a bumbling mechanic"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).