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English Dictionary: left-handedness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
left-handedness
n
  1. the status of being born of a morganatic marriage
  2. preference for using the left hand
    Synonym(s): left-handedness, sinistrality
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Left-handedness \Left"-hand`ed*ness\, Left-handiness
   \Left"-hand`i*ness\ (-[icr]*n[ecr]s), n.
      The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
  
               An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions,
               and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the
               expression) proclaim low education.         --Chesterfield.
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