Lĕft'-hānd'ed, a.
a. 1. Having the left hand or arm more strong and dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
- Hence, clumsy; awkward.
- Unlucky; inauspicious; unseasonable; also, not direct; insincere; sinister; malicious.
The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. — Landor. Left-handed marriage, or Morganatic marriage, among the princes and higher nobility of Germany, a marriage with a woman of inferior rank, in which it is stipulated that she and her children shall not enjoy the rank, or inherit the possessions, of her husband. — Left-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which wind spirally from right to left, or which advances when turned with a motion contrary to that of the hands of a watch.