left-brained
Americanadjective
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having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
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of or relating to a person whose left brain is dominant.
Example Sentences
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Wordle is a robust, left-brained deduction game; it does not lend itself to creative hint construction, or smug, crossword-ish puns.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023
Yet they also said that it’s an environment where left-brained and right-brained thinking operate in relative harmony.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
According to new research, people who sleep on the left side of the bed consider themselves more left-brained and people who sleep on the right side of the bed consider themselves more right-brained.
From Fox News • Jun. 9, 2019
The company is confronting the kinds of obstacles that for years have bedeviled its left-brained founder.
From BusinessWeek • May 12, 2011
My dad’s an accountant: very left-brained, very linear, so it doesn’t surprise me when he says, “I don’t follow.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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