left-handed

adjective

1. 1

   lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

   a bumbling mechanic

   a bungling performance

2. 2

   ironically ambiguous

   a left-handed compliment

3. 3

   rotating to the left

4. 4

   (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

5. 5

   (of marriages) illicit or informal

   in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent

6. 6

   using or intended for the left hand

   left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs

   left-handed scissors