left-handed
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈlɛftˌhændɪd/
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antihorario
- He's adapted by becoming an extreme strike-thrower, trailing only Cliff Lee for the best walk rate among left-handed starters since 2010, but there's very little upside attached to Francis at this point.
Examples
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Yeah, with the gloves, making a left-handed turn with the one hand on it.
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Space inversion is like going from a right-handed to a left-handed laboratory frame.
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He takes his position but clowns around, shooting first left-handed, then right-handed, then with both eyes closed.
Fiction book (1993) -
I think we'll see Gio G. step into the ace role against the Reds' left-handed power and grab two games, and I'll take the Nationals to scrape out two others somehow, probably with a lot of offense.
Blog text (29) -
I think if Timmy loses game 3, they go with Vogeltron, just because a junker like Zito will get destroyed in Cincy, even facing left-handed power.
Blog text (29) -
The basketball player made a smooth left-handed layup to score the winning basket.
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During the driving test, he confidently executed a left-handed turn at the intersection.
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To avoid the oncoming car, she made a quick left-handed swerve in her lane.
Synonyms
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1.0
On the left side of something
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3.3
Moving in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock
In the direction opposite to the way a clock's hands move
In the direction opposite the way clock hands move
Antonyms
- Specialized
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2.8
Rotating to the right, like a screw that tightens when turned clockwise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Left-handed can describe movement that turns 'to the left', the opposite way from how a clock turns. Think of a left-handed screw that tightens when you turn it to the left, which is why the term now means a left-turning or counterclockwise motion.