Left-handed

//lɛftˈhændɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Awkward or maladroit. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Insincere or malicious. not-comparable

    "The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive."

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  1. 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."

  2. 7
    Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands wordnet
  2. 2
    ironically ambiguous wordnet
  3. 3
    rotating to the left wordnet
  4. 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. 5
    (of marriages) illicit or informal wordnet
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  1. 6
    using or intended for the left hand wordnet
Noun
  1. 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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