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right-handed

[ rahyt-han-did ]

adjective

  1. having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference:

    a right-handed painter.

  2. adapted to or performed by the right hand:

    a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship.

  3. Machinery.
    1. rotating clockwise.
    2. noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer.
  4. Building Trades. right-hand ( def 5 ).


adverb

  1. in a right-handed manner or fashion:

    The door opens right-handed.

  2. with the right hand:

    She writes right-handed.

  3. toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction:

    The strands of the rope are laid right-handed.

right-handed

adjective

  1. using the right hand with greater skill or ease than the left
  2. performed with the right hand

    right-handed writing

  3. made for use by the right hand
  4. worn on the right hand
  5. turning from left to right; clockwise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ°ù¾±²µ³ó³Ù-ˈ³ó²¹²Ô»å±ð»å±ô²â, adverb
  • ËŒ°ù¾±²µ³ó³Ù-ˈ³ó²¹²Ô»å±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù¾±²µ³ó³Ù-³ó²¹²Ô»åĻå·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of right-handed1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

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A right-handed batter can hook the ball to the left side of the diamond and slice it to the right side.

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Still, the addition of a right-handed shot and Kuzmenko’s physical presence in the crease could wake the flagging Kings’ offense.

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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."

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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.

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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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