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Meaning of word left-handed from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

left-handed   adjective

Meaning : Using or intended for the left hand.

Example : Left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs.
Left-handed scissors.

Using or intended for the right hand.

A right-handed batter.
Right-handed scissors.
right-handed

Equally skillful with each hand.

An ambidextrous surgeon.
ambidextrous, two-handed

Meaning : (of marriages) illicit or informal.

Example : In Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent.

Meaning : (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.

Synonyms : morganatic

Meaning : Rotating to the left.

Synonyms : levorotary, levorotatory

Meaning : Ironically ambiguous.

Example : A left-handed compliment.

Meaning : Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.

Example : A bumbling mechanic.
A bungling performance.
Ham-handed governmental interference.
Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature.

Synonyms : bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed

Left-handed meaning in Telugu.