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left-handed

/ left-handed /
adjective satellite/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
ironically ambiguous
"a left-handed compliment"
Similar:
ambiguous
adjective satellite Sense 2
(of marriages) illicit or informal
"in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
Similar:
illegitimate
adjective Sense 3
using or intended for the lefts hand
"left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"
"left-handed scissors"
Similar:
left(a) left-hand(a) sinistral
Opposites:
ambidextrous two-handed right-handed
See also:
sinistral left
adjective satellite Sense 4
(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
Similar:
legitimate
adjective satellite Sense 5
rotating to the left
Similar:
counterclockwise anticlockwise contraclockwise
adjective satellite Sense 6
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"
Similar:
maladroit
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
10
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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ambiguous illegitimate left(a) left-hand(a) sinistral ambidextrous two-handed right-handed legitimate counterclockwise anticlockwise contraclockwise