left-handed
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- adjective
- /ˈlɛftˌhændɪd/
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- He learned to play the guitar as a left-handed musician, arranging the strings for his dominant hand.
- left-handed people
- left-handed pitchers
- left-handed batters
But wield those left-handed scissors or foils with pride.
- But wield those left-handed scissors or foils with pride.
- We talked about flutes and how there are no left-handed flutes.
- Sean, so for you, what are you right-handed or left-handed?
- Next is Jackson went left-handed who was searched that No, I'm right-handed.
- Doug Pinnick, bass player and singer of Kings X Left-handed.
Examples
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One, I prefer boys that are left-handed.
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Do you think it's important for a first baseman to be left-handed?
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Can you please raise your left hand if you are left-handed?
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No, no, once again, left-handed people have certain advantages to certain things, Right?
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Both groups were approximately equally distributed between boys and girls and had only one or two left-handed children.
Academic text (2009) -
Some are right-handed and some are left-handed, right?
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We all know that you're left-handed.
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Mr. Talbot, are you right-handed or left-handed?
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I am left-handed.
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Hey, I'm left-handed.
Synonyms
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2.7
A thing you use with the left hand
Antonyms
How Left-Handed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Left-handed is simply left + handed, meaning 'using the left hand'. It began as a plain way to say someone prefers the left side, so it now describes a person or a tool made for use by the left hand.