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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
Derived Forms
- ËŒ°ù¾±²µ³ó³Ù-ˈ³ó²¹²Ô»å±ð»å±ô²â, adverb
- ËŒ°ù¾±²µ³ó³Ù-ˈ³ó²¹²Ô»å±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù¾±²µ³ó³Ù-³ó²¹²Ô»åĻå·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of right-handed1
Example Sentences
A right-handed batter can hook the ball to the left side of the diamond and slice it to the right side.
Still, the addition of a right-handed shot and Kuzmenko’s physical presence in the crease could wake the flagging Kings’ offense.
He added: "I'm positive to be honest. I've got an amazing support network around me. It's my left arm, my left leg - I'm right-handed."
On Tuesday night, the team agreed to a one-year, $13-million contract with veteran right-handed reliever Kirby Yates, according to a person with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly.
So if you were to engineer synthetic mirror image versions of these, the amino acids would have right-handed chirality and the DNA would have left-handed chirality.
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