left-handed
English
adj
Definitions
- Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
- Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
- Awkward or maladroit.
- Insincere or malicious.
- Of magic, performed with the intention of doing harm, or for personal gain; evil or malevolent.
- Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English left handyd affix from English left (west) + English handed.
Origin
English
handed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leftpondia English
- aleft English
- ambi-handed English
- antileft English
- barehanded English
- bloody-handed English
- both-handed English
- broken-handed English
- brokenhanded English
- cack-handed English
- centre-left English
- close-handed English
- closehanded English
- coarse-handed English
- coarsehanded English
- cross-handed English
- cross-handedness English
- crosshanded English
- dead-handed English
- deadhanded English
- deft-handed English
- defthanded English
- dirty-handed English
- doublehanded English
- dry-handed English
- either-handed English
- emptyhanded English
- escalefter English
- evenhanded English
- fair-handed English
- fairhanded English
- fast-handed English
- fourhanded English
- freehanded English
- full-handed English
- gentle-handed English
- gouty-handed English
- handed English
- handedly English
- handedness English
- hardhanded English
- horny-handed English
- ironhanded English
- large-handed English
- left English
- left-handedly English
- left-handedness English
- leftard English
- leftern English
- leftest English
- leftfield English
- lefthanded English
- leftie English
- leftish English
- leftism English
- leftist English
- leftmost English
- leftness English
- leftoid English
- leftosphere English
- leftward English
- leftwards English
- leftwise English
- lefty English
- level-handed English
- lily-handed English
- loose-handed English
- many-handed English
- naked-handed English
- neat-handed English
- numb-handed English
- offhanded English
- one-handed English
- open-handed English
- overhanded English
- post-left English
- ready-handed English
- red-handed English
- right-handed English
- secondhanded English
- shorthanded English
- shovel-handed English
- side-handed English
- slack-handed English
- spade-handed English
- steady-handed English
- strait-handed English
- strong-handed English
- sure-handed English
- swift-handed English
- tender-handed English
- toom-handed English
- two-handed English
- ultraleft English
- underhanded English
- uphanded English
- weak-handed English
- white-handed English
- wide-handed English
- レフト Japanese
- left Middle English
- left handyd Middle English
- lef Fiji Hindi
- left
- aleft
- lefty
- handed
- leftie
- leftist
- leftoid
- leftish
- leftest
- leftern
- leftism
- leftard
- leftmost
- leftward
- uphanded
- handedly
- leftness
- antileft
- leftwise
- post-left
- ultraleft
- offhanded
- leftwards
- leftfield
- escalefter
- lefthanded
- fourhanded
- two-handed
- defthanded
- freehanded
- overhanded
- one-handed
- ironhanded
- dry-handed
- deadhanded
- hardhanded
- fairhanded
- Leftpondia
- evenhanded
- red-handed
- barehanded
- handedness
- toom-handed
- closehanded
- fast-handed
- emptyhanded
- lily-handed
- numb-handed
- open-handed
- leftosphere
- full-handed
- dead-handed
- wide-handed
- many-handed
- underhanded
- both-handed
- fair-handed
- crosshanded
- ambi-handed
- weak-handed
- shorthanded
- centre-left
- cack-handed
- neat-handed
- sure-handed
- side-handed
- deft-handed
- large-handed
- level-handed
- ready-handed
- doublehanded
- brokenhanded
- coarsehanded
- close-handed
- cross-handed
- horny-handed
- right-handed
- white-handed
- slack-handed
- loose-handed
- spade-handed
- naked-handed
- secondhanded
- gouty-handed
- swift-handed
- dirty-handed
- broken-handed
- shovel-handed
- tender-handed
- bloody-handed
- strait-handed
- coarse-handed
- strong-handed
- either-handed
- steady-handed
- gentle-handed
- left-handedly
- left-handedness
- cross-handedness