| slovo | definícia |
lefthanded
(mass) | left-handed
- ľavoruký, ľavotočivý, neohrabaný, nešikovný |
left-handed
(encz) | left-handed,levácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
left-handed
(encz) | left-handed,levoruký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
left-handed
(encz) | left-handed,neohrabaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
left-handed
(encz) | left-handed,nešikovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Left-handed
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious;
as, a left-handed compliment.
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The commendations of this people are not always
left-handed and detractive. --Landor.
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster] Left-handedness |
left-handed
(wn) | left-handed
adj 1: using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers
need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" [ant:
ambidextrous, right-handed, two-handed]
2: (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America
left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were
frequent"
3: (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, left-handed]
4: rotating to the left [syn: levorotary, levorotatory,
left-handed]
5: ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
6: 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, left-handed] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lefthanded
(mass) | left-handed
- ľavoruký, ľavotočivý, neohrabaný, nešikovný |
lefthandedness
(mass) | left-handedness
- ľaváctvo |
left-handed pitcher
(encz) | left-handed pitcher, n: |
left-handedly
(encz) | left-handedly, |
left-handedness
(encz) | left-handedness,levorukost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Left-handed
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious;
as, a left-handed compliment.
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The commendations of this people are not always
left-handed and detractive. --Landor.
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster] Left-handedness |
Left-handed marriage
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious;
as, a left-handed compliment.
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The commendations of this people are not always
left-handed and detractive. --Landor.
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster] Left-handednessMorganatic \Mor`ga*nat"ic\, a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam,
fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the
morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan
morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See
Morn.]
Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of
marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man
of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is
stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall
enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband.
--Brande & C. -- Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.
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left-handed marriage
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious;
as, a left-handed compliment.
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The commendations of this people are not always
left-handed and detractive. --Landor.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Left-handednessMorganatic \Mor`ga*nat"ic\, a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam,
fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the
morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan
morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See
Morn.]
Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of
marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man
of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is
stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall
enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband.
--Brande & C. -- Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Left-handed screw
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious;
as, a left-handed compliment.
[1913 Webster]
The commendations of this people are not always
left-handed and detractive. --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Left-handedness |
Left-handedness
(gcide) | Left-handedness \Left"-hand`ed*ness\, Left-handiness
\Left"-hand`i*ness\ (-[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
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An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions,
and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the
expression) proclaim low education. --Chesterfield.
[1913 Webster] lefthander |
left-handed pitcher
(wn) | left-handed pitcher
n 1: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
[syn: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander,
lefthander, lefty, southpaw] |
left-handedness
(wn) | left-handedness
n 1: the status of being born of a morganatic marriage
2: preference for using the left hand [syn: left-handedness,
sinistrality] |
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