Left"-hand`ed, a.

1.

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

2.

Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.

The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. Landor.

3.

Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.

[Left-handed marriage], a morganatic marriage. See [Morganatic]. -- [Left-handed screw], a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed.

© [Webster 1913].

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