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right-handed
CIDE DICTIONARY
right-handed, a.
- Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left. [1913 Webster]
- Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction. [1913 Webster]
- Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
right-handed, adj.
1 using the right hand by preference as more serviceable than the left.
2 (of a tool etc.) made to be used with the right hand.
3 (of a blow) struck with the right hand.
4 a turning to the right; towards the right. b (of a screw) advanced by turning to the right (clockwise).
1 using the right hand by preference as more serviceable than the left.
2 (of a tool etc.) made to be used with the right hand.
3 (of a blow) struck with the right hand.
4 a turning to the right; towards the right. b (of a screw) advanced by turning to the right (clockwise).
Derivative
right-handedly adv. right-handedness n.
ROGET THESAURUS
right-handed
Dextrality
N dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside, starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally.For further exploring for "right-handed" in Webster Dictionary Online