Meaning of cross-handed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.
   not-comparable
2. Done by crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
   not-comparable
3. Involving two opposing directions.
   not-comparable
4. Back-handed.
   not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“The cross-handed grip helps in maintaining the wrist position.”

“I wonder⟳ how it would be to stand⟳ right in the beginning of the fast water, at the lip of the pool, and try⟳ a cross-handed cast⟳.”

“Appreciable scattering of cross-handed radiation occurred in the middle of the band, leaving regions near the long- and short-wavelength band edges in which scattering of cross-handed radiation was negligible.”

“We believe⟳ and are thoroughly convinced that God's blessings come⟳ to his church in a cross-handed way, entirely different, in many instances, from the way we expect⟳ them.”

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