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
[ Syn: morganatic ]
rotating to the left
[ Syn: levorotary , levorotatory ]
ironically ambiguous; a left-handed compliment'
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- Mary H. Vorse
[ Syn: bumbling , bungling , butterfingered , ham-fisted , ham-handed , handless , heavy-handed ]