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right-handed
[ rahyt-han-did ]
adjective
- having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference:
a right-handed painter.
- adapted to or performed by the right hand:
a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship.
- Machinery.
- rotating clockwise.
- noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer.
- Building Trades. right-hand ( def 5 ).
adverb
- in a right-handed manner or fashion:
The door opens right-handed.
- with the right hand:
She writes right-handed.
- toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction:
The strands of the rope are laid right-handed.
right-handed
adjective
- using the right hand with greater skill or ease than the left
- performed with the right hand
right-handed writing
- made for use by the right hand
- worn on the right hand
- turning from left to right; clockwise
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Derived Forms
- ˌright-ˈhandedly, adverb
- ˌright-ˈhandedness, noun
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Other Words From
- right-handed·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of right-handed1
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Example Sentences
Titanic, shooting right-handed, lost a close golf match to an amateur who played in the 90s.
Apparently, a fair number of left-handed people die each year from using right-handed products incorrectly.
I sawed under limbs and over limbs, right-handed and left-handed, standing on my feet and on my head.
He excelled all competitors in school and was generally rated the best right-handed pitcher in the metropolitan district.
Of course there might be left-handed piano players, but certainly all the fiddlers and all the conductors are right-handed.
You hold your own pipe to the lamp, and see how naturally you, being right-handed, hold the left side to the flame.
Godfrey leapt to his feet, and springing forward struck the bully a right-handed blow straight from the shoulder.
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