left-hand

adjective

ˈleft-ˈhand 

ˈlef-ˈtand

1

: situated on the left

2

: left-handed

Examples of left-hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a cheeky touch, Cho made the left-hand staccatos ending the first melody extra-dry, as though decisively punctuating the feather-soft phrases. —Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025

Watching the end of the first session of the day trackside at the fast left-hand Turn 11, Hamilton appeared to struggle with the rear of his car at points when getting the power down and exiting the corner. —Luke Smith, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025

So the upper left-hand corner of the screen is mostly captions of the music, and then in the upper right-hand corner is a lot of the sound effects. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025

The strike zone was shown on the scoreboard and revealed the pitch had actually hit the lower left-hand corner. —Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for left-hand

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

left-hand

adjective

ˌleft-ˌhand

1

: located on the left

2

a

: left-handed sense 1

b

: left-handed sense 2

Medical Definition

left-hand

1 of 2 adjective

ˈleft-ˈhand, ˈlef-ˈtand 

1

: situated on the left

2

: left-handed

left hand

2 of 2 noun

1

: the hand on a person's left side

2

: the left side