dextrally

Variant of dextral

adjective

  1. on the right-hand side; right
  2. right-handed
  3. having whorls that rise to the apex in counterclockwise spirals from the opening at the lower right: said of the shells of most gastropods

Origin: < L dextra, right-hand side (see dexter) + -al

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