释义 |
left-handiness nonce-wd. [f. *left-handy adj. (f. left hand) + -ness.] Awkward manner. Cf. F. gaucherie.
1749Chesterfield Lett. cx. (1892) I. 249 An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use that word) loudly proclaim low education. |