English Explanatory Dictionary

left-handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
  2. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
  3. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
  4. Awkward or maladroit.
  5. Insincere or malicious.
  6. Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path
  7. Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
noun
  1. Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

Pronunciation

/lɛftˈhændɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-left-handed.wav

Word forms

left-handed lefthanded

Etymology

From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.

Synonyms

sinistromanual sinistral southpaw

Antonyms

right-handed

Related words

left-hander

Derived words

left-handed anti-neutrino left-handed cigarette left-handed compliment left-handedly left-handed marriage left-handed monkey wrench left-handedness left-handed path left-handed smoke shifter left-handed specialist leftie lefty
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