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  1. cross-handed: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross-handed: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cross-handed)

adjective:  Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.
adjective:  Done by crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
adjective:  Involving two opposing directions.
adjective:  (obsolete) Back-handed.
adverb:  With hands or forearms crossed over each other.
adverb:  While crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
adverb:  In two opposing directions.
adverb:  (rowing) Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power stroke).
adverb:  Idly.
adverb:  (obsolete) Back-handedly.

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