left-handed

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

• 2turning 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.

• 3perverse: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