Definition of Left-hended
Left"-hand`ed, a. 1.
Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the
right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the
right.
2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere;
sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
The commendations of this people are not always
left-handed and detractive. Landor.
3. Having a direction contrary to that of the
hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary
motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.
Left-handed marriage, a morganatic marriage.
See Morganatic. -- Left-handed screw,
a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when
turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood
screw is right-handed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of one who uses their left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their right.
- Intended to be worn on, or used by the left hand.
- Turning or spiralling from right to left; anticlockwise.
- Awkward or maladroit.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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