left-handed

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 3

   Turning or spiraling from right to left

   Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.

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   1. 4

      Awkward or maladroit.

   2. 5

      Insincere or malicious.

      • The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive.
   3. 6

      Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo

      Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path

      • 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.
   4. 7

      Of a coordinate system

      Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.

   5. 8

      Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

The neighborhood

• synonymsinistromanual
• antonymright-handed