ಅರ್ಥ : Using or intended for the left hand.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs.
Left-handed scissors.
ಅರ್ಥ : (of marriages) illicit or informal.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
In Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent.
ಅರ್ಥ : (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.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : morganatic
ಅರ್ಥ : Rotating to the left.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : levorotary, levorotatory
ಅರ್ಥ : Ironically ambiguous.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A left-handed compliment.
ಅರ್ಥ : Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A bumbling mechanic.
A bungling performance.
Ham-handed governmental interference.
Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed