left-handed

adjectives

using or intended for the left hand
"left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
left-handed
is derived from
left-handedness
antonym
ambidextrous
antonym
right-handed
is similar to
intended for the left hand
"I rarely lose a left-hand glove"
left, left-hand
is similar to
preferring to use left foot or hand or eye
"sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye"
sinistral
see also
of or on the left
"a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost"
sinistral
see also
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
"my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
left
(of marriages) illicit or informal
"in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
left-handed
is similar to
of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
illegitimate
(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
left-handed, morganatic
rotating to the left
left-handed, levorotary, levorotatory
ironically ambiguous
"a left-handed compliment"
left-handed
is similar to
having more than one possible meaning
"ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
ambiguous
lacking physical movement skills, 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
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed