left-handed
adjective
having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand.
left-handedly
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a word derived from
left-handed.
Example Sentences
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While he cannot write script, he prints left-handedly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus he left-handedly concluded his remarks, and murmuring under his breath, "Bless my soul," as if in final protest against everything without precedent, folded his fat hands over his expansive waist-band.
From The Mutineers by Charles Boardman Hawes
"You do everything so left-handedly, Petrea!" exclaimed Sara, in ill-humour; "you are like the ass in the fable, that would break the head of his friend in driving away a fly!"
From The Home by Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
Then he noticed the crumpled note which, aimed left-handedly, had missed the waste basket earlier, when he opened his mail, and he went over and picked it up.
From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson
I shook my head and squeezed his hand imploringly, while he, holding me tight in one sinewy arm, plucked left-handedly at the knot.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
