left-hand—
1. said of smth. situated on the left side:
- Carry on past the school and take the left hand turning towards Heddington.
2. said of a car with left-hand steering:
- By the way, it’s kind of weird drive a left-hand car in a left-hand side lane (a continental car in UK).
3. (of bidirectional traffic) keeping to the left side of the road:
- Countries that use left-hand traffic account for about 30 percent of the world’s population, a sixth of its area and a quarter of its roads.
left-handed—
1. using the left hand for writing, etc.:
- When a left-handed person tries to write like a right-handed person, it doesn’t work.
2. (of things) designed to be used in the left hand:
- With properly designed left handed scissors, your natural cutting action matches that of the scissors.
3. (in the phrase “left-handed compliment”)—a statement that sounds like praise but has an insulting meaning:
- I wasn’t sure if it was a lefthanded compliment or his usual condescension.