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ALL meanings of right-handed

right-hand·ed
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  • adjective right-handed having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter. 1
  • adjective right-handed adapted to or performed by the right hand: a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship. 1
  • adjective right-handed 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. 1
  • adjective right-handed Building Trades. right-hand (def 5). 1
  • adverb right-handed in a right-handed manner or fashion: The door opens right-handed. 1
  • adverb right-handed with the right hand: She writes right-handed. 1
  • adverb right-handed toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction: The strands of the rope are laid right-handed. 1
  • adjective right-handed Someone who is right-handed uses their right hand rather than their left hand for activities such as writing and sports, and for picking things up. 0
  • adjective right-handed Right-handed is also an adverb. 0
  • adjective right-handed using the right hand with greater skill or ease than the left 0
  • adjective right-handed performed with the right hand 0
  • adjective right-handed made for use by the right hand 0
  • adjective right-handed worn on the right hand 0
  • adjective right-handed turning from left to right; clockwise 0
  • adjective right-handed using the right hand more skillfully than, and in preference to, the left 0
  • adjective right-handed done with the right hand 0
  • adjective right-handed made for use with the right hand 0
  • adjective right-handed designating one who swings a bat, club, etc. leftward 0
  • adjective right-handed turning left to right; worked by clockwise motion 0
  • adjective right-handed dextral (sense 3) 0
  • adjective right-handed having an asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that is conventionally viewed as having certain components on the right side 0
  • adverb right-handed with the right hand 0
  • adverb right-handed in such a way that the bat, club, etc. swings leftward 0
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