English-Thai Dictionary

left-handed

A ที่ ถนัด มือซ้าย  ที่อยู่ ทาง ด้าน ซ้าย 

 

left-handed

ADJ กำกวม  คลุมเครือ  น่าสงสัย  ไม่จริงใจ  ambiguous doubtful insincere kam-kuam

 

left-handed

ADJ ซึ่ง ใช้ มือซ้าย  sueng-chai-mue-sai

 

left-handed

ADJ ถนัดซ้าย  ta-nad-mue-sai

 

left-handed

ADJ เงอะงะ  งุ่มง่าม  awkward clumsy ngor-nga

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEFT-HANDED

a. 1. Having the left hand or arm more strong and dextrous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
2. Unlucky; inauspicious; unseasonable. Obs.

 

LEFT-HANDEDNESS

n.Habitual use of the left hand, or rather the ability to use the left hand with more ease and strength than the right.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEFT-HANDED

LEFT-HANDED Left "-hand `ed, a.

 

1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

 

2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. Landor.

 

3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc. , looked at from a given direction. Left-handed marriage, a morganatic marriage. See Morganatic. -- Left-handed screw, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed.

 

LEFT-HANDEDNESS; LEFT-HANDINESS

LEFT-HANDEDNESS; LEFT-HANDINESS Left "-hand `ed *ness, Left "-hand `i *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression ) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

left-handed

left-hand ed |ˈlɛft ˈˌhændəd | ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) using the left hand more naturally than the right: a left-handed batter. • (of a tool or item of equipment ) made to be used with the left hand: left-handed golf clubs. • made or performed with the left hand: my left-handed scrawl. 2 turning to the left; toward the left, in particular: • (of a screw ) advanced by turning counterclockwise. • Biology (of a spiral shell or helix ) sinistral. • (of a racecourse ) turning counterclockwise. 3 perverse: we take a left-handed pleasure in our errors. • (esp. of a compliment ) ambiguous. ▶adverb with the left hand: a significant number play the game left-handed. DERIVATIVES left-hand ed ly adverb, left-hand ed ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

left-handed

left-handed ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) using the left hand more naturally than the right: a left-handed batsman. • (of a tool or item of equipment ) made to be used with the left hand: left-handed golf clubs. • made or done with the left hand: my left-handed scrawl. 2 (of a screw ) advanced by turning anticlockwise. • Biology (of a spiral shell or helix ) sinistral. • (of a racecourse ) turning anticlockwise. 3 perverse: we take a left-handed pleasure in our errors. • (especially of a compliment ) ambiguous. ▶adverb with the left hand: a significant number play the game left-handed. DERIVATIVES left-handedly adverb, left-handedness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

left-handed

left-handed adjective 1 a left-handed golfer: sinistral; informal southpaw. ANTONYMS right-handed. 2 a left-handed compliment: backhanded, ambiguous, equivocal, double-edged; dubious, ironic, sardonic, insincere, hypocritical. ANTONYMS forthright.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

left-handed

left-handed adjective 1 a left-handed golfer: sinistral; informal southpaw. ANTONYMS right-handed. 2 a left-handed compliment: backhanded, ambiguous, equivocal, uncertain, double-meaning, double-edged; dubious, indirect, enigmatic, cryptic, paradoxical, ironic, sardonic, insincere, hypocritical. ANTONYMS forthright.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

left-handed

left-hand ed /lèfthǽndɪd /形容詞 比較なし 1 〈人が 〉左利きの ; 左手でなされた (↔right-handed )▸ a left-handed pitcher 左投げのピッチャー 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗左利き用の , 左手用の ▸ a pair of left-handed scissors 左利き用はさみ 3 ｟主に米 ｠(お世辞などが )不器用な , へたな .4 〈ねじ 錠などが 〉左回り [巻き ]の .5 あいまいな , 疑わしい ; 不誠実な ▸ a left-handed compliment ほめ殺し 〘相手をほめつつけなすような言辞 〙.6 〈結婚が 〉身分違いの (!男性の身分が女性より高い場合 ) .副詞 左手で .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞 U 左利き (であること ).