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Left-handed
//lɛftˈhændɪd// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right. not-comparable
- 2 Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand. not-comparable
- 3 Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise. not-comparable
- 4 Awkward or maladroit. not-comparable
- 5 Insincere or malicious. not-comparable
"The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive."
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- 6 Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path not-comparable
"On the other hand, nearly all magic tends in time to the left-handed path; as being a devious means of attaining desires unobtainable by ordinary methods."
- 7 Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands wordnet
- 2 ironically ambiguous wordnet
- 3 rotating to the left wordnet
- 4 (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 wordnet
- 5 (of marriages) illicit or informal wordnet
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- 6 using or intended for the left hand wordnet
Noun
- 1 Left-handed people, taken as a whole. plural, plural-only
"Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.
Etymology 2
From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.
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