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(satellite adjective) ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment" |
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(satellite adjective) (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent" |
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(adjective) using or intended for the right hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" |
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Antonyms: ambidextrous, right-handed |
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(satellite adjective) (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 |
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Synonyms: morganatic |
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(satellite adjective) rotating to the left |
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Synonyms: levorotary, levorotatory |
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(satellite adjective) 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 |
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Synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed |
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