left-handed (
http://definr.com/left-handed)
adj 1: using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers
need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" [ant:
ambidextrous,
right-handed]
2: (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America
left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were
frequent"
3: (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 [syn:
morganatic]
4: rotating to the left [syn:
levorotary,
levorotatory]
5: ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
6: not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
"a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance";
"ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely
empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor
creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn:
bumbling,
bungling,
butterfingered,
ham-fisted,
ham-handed,
handless,
heavy-handed]