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left-handed

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See also:lefthanded

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishleft handyd,lyfthonded, equivalent toleft +‎handed.

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left-handed (notcomparable)

  1. Using one'slefthand inpreference to, or moreskillfully than, one'sright.
  2. Intended to beworn on, orused by, the left hand.
  3. Turning orspiraling from right to left;anticlockwise.
  4. Awkward ormaladroit.
  5. Insincere or malicious.
  6. (occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression againstconvention ortaboo; following theleft-hand path
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art, London: Long, page23:
      On the other hand, nearly all magic tends in time to theleft-handed path; as being a devious means of attaining desires unobtainable by ordinary methods.
  7. Of acoordinate system: not following theright-hand rule.

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preferring the left hand over the right

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left-handed pl (plural only)

  1. Left-handed people, taken as a whole.
    • 1992,Antonio E. Puente, Robert J. McCaffrey,Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment,→ISBN, page147:
      Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in theleft-handed than in the right-handed.

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