left-handed

UK /lɛftˈhændɪd/ US /lɛftˈhændɪd/

adj 5

Definitions

adj

Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.

Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.

Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.

Awkward or maladroit.

Insincere or malicious.

The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive.

Collocations

ADJ.

common, detractive, favorite, veritable

VERB + LEFT-HANDED

time, writes

LEFT-HANDED + NOUN

baseball, bats, boyfriend, path, pitcher, pizzicatos, player

PREP.

in, with

ADV.

always

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

adjective — rotating to the left

levorotary
levorotatory

adjective — (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble b

morganatic

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

left-handed compliment

A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.

"We have sat through the whole of dinner and not once mentioned politics." "You made us forget them," Tallente murmured. "A left-handed compliment," Jane laughed.

Example Bank

The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive.

Wiktionary

On the other hand, nearly all magic tends in time to the left-handed path; as being a devious means of attaining desires unobtainable by ordinary methods.

Wiktionary

Tim writes as if he were left-handed.

Tatoeba · #39660

I don't have much in common with my left-handed boyfriend.

Tatoeba · #258042

I'm left-handed.

Tatoeba · #321826

Paganini dazzled his audience with (among other things) a veritable hailstorm of left-handed pizzicatos.

Tatoeba · #706975

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