meaning of left handed
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.
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.
4. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
Related Words
left-handed | left-handed pitcher | left-handedness |
