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left-handed |
Grep of noun left-handed left-handed pitcher left-handedness Overview of adj left-handed The adj left-handed has 6 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. left-handed -- (using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors") 2. left-handed -- ((of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent") 3. morganatic, left-handed -- ((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) 4. levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed -- (rotating to the left) 5. left-handed -- (ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment") 6. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (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) Antonyms of adj left-handed 6 senses of left-handed Sense 1 left-handed (vs. ambidextrous) (vs. right-handed) ambidextrous (vs. right-handed) (vs. left-handed), two-handed => equipoised => switch(postnominal) right-handed (vs. left-handed) (vs. ambidextrous) => dextral => right(postnominal), right-hand(postnominal) Sense 2 left-handed INDIRECT (VIA illegitimate) -> legitimate Sense 3 morganatic, left-handed INDIRECT (VIA legitimate) -> illegitimate Sense 4 levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed INDIRECT (VIA counterclockwise) -> clockwise Sense 5 left-handed INDIRECT (VIA ambiguous) -> unambiguous Sense 6 bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed INDIRECT (VIA maladroit) -> adroit Similarity of adj left-handed 6 senses of left-handed Sense 1 left-handed (vs. ambidextrous) (vs. right-handed) => left(postnominal), left-hand(postnominal) => sinistral Also See-> sinistral#1; left#1 Sense 2 left-handed => illegitimate (vs. legitimate) Sense 3 morganatic, left-handed => legitimate (vs. illegitimate) Sense 4 levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed => counterclockwise (vs. clockwise), anticlockwise, contraclockwise Sense 5 left-handed => ambiguous (vs. unambiguous) Sense 6 bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed => maladroit (vs. adroit) Attributes of adj left-handed Familiarity of adj left-handed left-handed used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj left-handed left-handed Overview of adj left-handed The adj left-handed has 6 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. left-handed -- (using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors") 2. left-handed -- ((of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent") 3. morganatic, left-handed -- ((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) 4. levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed -- (rotating to the left) 5. left-handed -- (ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment") 6. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (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)
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