| left-handed | (เลฟทฺ'แฮนดิด) adj., adv. ถนัดมือซ้าย, ใช้มือซ้าย, อยู่ทางด้านซ้าย, หมุนทวนเข็มนาฬิกา, คลุมเครือ, น่าสงสัย, งุ่มง่าม, ซุ่มซ่าม, See also: left-handedness n. ดูleft-handed | left-hander | (เลฟทฺ'แฮน'เดอะ) n. คนถนัดมือซ้าย |
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| | | | | ถนัดมือซ้าย | [thanat meū sāi] (adj) EN: left-handed ; southpaw FR: gaucher | ถนัดซ้าย | [thanatsāi] (adj) EN: left-handed ; southpaw FR: gaucher |
| | | left-handed | (adj) using or intended for the left hand, Ant. right-handed, ambidextrous | left-handed | (adj) (of marriages) illicit or informal | left-handed | (adj) ironically ambiguous | left-handedness | (n) the status of being born of a morganatic marriage | left-handedness | (n) preference for using the left hand, Syn. sinistrality | left-handed pitcher | (n) a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand, Syn. left hander, left-hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw | left-hander | (n) a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right, Syn. lefty, southpaw |
| Left-handed | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. [ 1913 Webster ] The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
| left-hander | n. a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed{ 1 } person. Syn. -- lefty, southpaw. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: lefthander |
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