LEFT-HANDED


Meaning of LEFT-HANDED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈhan-dəd, -ˈtan- ]

adjective

Date: 14th century

1. : using the left hand habitually or more easily than the right ; also : swinging from left to right

a left-handed batter

2. : relating to, designed for, or done with the left hand

3. : morganatic

4.

a. : clumsy , awkward

b. : insincere , backhanded , dubious

a left-handed compliment

5.

a. : having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch viewed from in front : counterclockwise

b. : having a spiral structure or form that ascends or advances to the left

a left-handed rope

6. : having or being the L-form molecular structure

• left-handed adverb

• left-hand·ed·ly adverb

• left-hand·ed·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.