left-handed
adjective
left-hand·ed ˈleft-ˈhan-dəd 
ˈlef-ˈtan-
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-handedly adverb
left-handedness noun
Synonyms
- awkward
- butterfingered
- cack-handed [British]
- clumsy
- graceless
- ham-fisted
- ham-handed
- handless
- heavy-handed
- maladroit
- unhandy
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
left-handed
adjective
left-hand·ed
ˈleft-ˈhan-dəd
1
: using the left hand better or more easily than the right
a left-handed person
2
: done or made with or for the left hand
a left-handed pitch
a left-handed glove
Medical Definition
left-handed
adjective
left-hand·ed ˈleft-ˈhan-dəd, ˈlef-ˈtan-
1
: using the left hand habitually or more easily than the right
2
: relating to, designed for, or done with the left hand
3
: having a direction contrary to that of movement of the hands of a watch viewed from in front
4
: levorotatory
left-handedly
adverb
as in withershins
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- withershins
- retrograde
- counterclockwise
- reversely
- widdershins
- left-handed
- backward
- rearwards
- anticlockwise
- rearward
- sternforemost
- back
- astern
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- forward
- ahead
- along
- forth
- on
- onward
- forwards
- onwards