LEFT-HANDED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands
   Synonym(s)
   • bumbling (what does bumbling mean?)
   • bungling (what does bungling mean?)
   • butterfingered (what does butterfingered mean?)
   • ham-fisted (what does ham-fisted mean?)
   • ham-handed (what does ham-handed mean?)
   • handless (what does handless mean?)
   • heavy-handed (what does heavy-handed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • maladroit (what does maladroit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • ironically ambiguous
   Usage Example(s)
   • a left-handed compliment
   Similar To
   • ambiguous (what does ambiguous mean?)
3. Meaning
   • rotating to the left
   Synonym(s)
   • levorotary (what does levorotary mean?)
   • levorotatory (what does levorotatory mean?)
   Similar To
   • counterclockwise (what does counterclockwise mean?)
   • anticlockwise (what does anticlockwise mean?)
   • contraclockwise (what does contraclockwise mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (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
   Synonym(s)
   • morganatic (what does morganatic mean?)
   Similar To
   • legitimate (what does legitimate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (of marriages) illicit or informal
   Usage Example(s)
   • in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent
   Similar To
   • illegitimate (what does illegitimate mean?)
6. Meaning
   • using or intended for the lefts hand
   Usage Example(s)
   • left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs
   • left-handed scissors
   Antonym(s)
   • ambidextrous (what does ambidextrous mean?)
   • two-handed (what does two-handed mean?)
   • right-handed (what does right-handed mean?)
   Similar To
   • left(a) (what does left(a) mean?)
   • left-hand(a) (what does left-hand(a) mean?)
   • sinistral (what does sinistral mean?)
   See Also
   • sinistral (what does sinistral mean?)
   • left (what does left mean?)