left-hand·ed (lĕfthăndĭd)
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Tweet adj. 1. a. Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right. b. Sports Swinging from left to right: a left-handed batter; a left-handed golfer. 2. a. Done with the left hand. b. Intended for wear on or use by the left hand: left-handed scissors. 3. Awkward; maladroit. 4. Of doubtful sincerity; dubious: left-handed flattery; a left-handed compliment. 5. Of, relating to, or born of a morganatic marriage. 6. a. Turning or spiraling from right to left; counterclockwise. b. Rotating counterclockwise; levorotatory. adv. 1. With the left hand. 2. Sports From the left to the right: swings left-handed. left-handed·ly adv. left-handed·ness n. |
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