| 单词 | left-handedly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleft-ˈhandedly left-ˈhandedly adv. in a left-handed manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly unhagherlyc1175 unslyly?a1400 roughc1400 unslya1425 rudelyc1425 unhandsomely1545 grosslyc1550 untowardly?1550 botcherly?1566 bungerly1574 lubberlike1575 lumpishly1583 clouterly1593 lubberly1594 foggily1599 awkly1603 unwieldilyc1610 cumbersomely1611 uneasily1611 sinisterly1628 left-handedly1648 ungainlya1661 awkwardly1663 clumsily1691 uncleverly1697 wrong1727 unwieldly1793 gawkily1811 maladroitly1827 undexterously1848 flat-footedly1886 ham-fistedly1964 ham-handedly1964 1648 Mercurius Elencticus No. 22. 171 Their owne Levites abandon them, and pray but Left-handedly for them. 1700 T. Tryon Lett. Several Occasions xx. 93 All his Actions and Methods of Life are done by chance, or rather left-handedly; that is, from evil principles, dulness, and horrid Stupidity. 1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 904/3 A representation of the Apollo Belvedere..holding out..left-handedly enough, a problematical scaring ægis. 1927 Observer 18 Sept. 8/2 My information does not go so far as to say whether they eat nuts right-handedly or left-handedly. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life 147 Long narrow fibres that spiral downwards, some right-handedly and some left-handedly. < as lemmas |
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