left-handedly

With sinister hand

Left-handedly means using the left hand, in the manner of a left-handed person: She wrote left-handedly after breaking her right wrist.

The word is rare, since with the left hand or left-handed usually serves the purpose.

adaptation

southpaw

Left-handed person, informally

modifications · customization · accommodation · adjustments · workarounds · reconfiguration · mirrored · reversed · reorientation

clumsiness

fumble

Handle with clumsy fingers

gauche · inelegantly · bumbling · uncoordinated · butterfingers · graceless · gawky · clumsily · stumble · bungling

unconventional

unorthodox

Contrary to accepted practice

idiosyncratic · unusually · differently · atypically · contrarily · distinctively · alternatively · singularly

bias

stigma

Mark of dishonor

marginalization · sinister · superstition · unlucky · taboo · bias

Opposites
physical hand used

left-handedlyambidextrously

With equal hand facility

two-handedly

skill and dexterity

left-handedlydextrously

With skilled hands

dexterously · adroitly · skilfully · skillfully · deftly

directness and honesty

left-handedlystraightforwardly

In an uncomplicated way

directly · honestly · forthrightly · openly · candidly

Family

hand, left, handed, left-handed, lefthand, lefthanded, lefthander, lefthanders, left-hand

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G