left-handed

One entry found for left-handed.

Main Entry: left-hand·ed
Pronunciation: -'han-d&d, -'tan-
Function: adjective
1 : using the left hand habitually or more easily than the right; also : swinging from left to right <a left-handed batter>
2 : relating to, designed for, or done with the left hand
3 : MORGANATIC
4 a : CLUMSY, AWKWARD b : INSINCERE, BACKHANDED, DUBIOUS <a left-handed compliment>
5 a : having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch viewed from in front : COUNTERCLOCKWISE b : having a spiral structure or form that ascends or advances to the left <a left-handed rope>
6 : having or being the L-form molecular structure
- left-handed adverb
- left-hand·ed·ly adverb
- left-hand·ed·ness noun