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say it: left-HAN-did
left-handed is an adjective meaning "using or intended for the left hand". It is pronounced /ˌlɛftˈhændɪd/ — left-HAN-did. It carries 6 recorded senses.
using or intended for the left hand
“left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs”
“left-handed scissors”
(of marriages) illicit or informal
“in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent”
(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
rotating to the left
lacking physical movement skills, 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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for left-handed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.