English to English
left-handed
('l/E/ft'h/&/nd/I/d
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adjective (a)
- using or intended for the left hand(adj.all)Example:
Left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs.
Left-handed scissors.
source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- (of marriages) illicit or informal(adj.all)Example:
In Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent.
source: wordnet30 - (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(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- ironically ambiguous(adj.all)Example:
A left-handed compliment.
source: wordnet30 - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands(adj.all)source: wordnet30