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right-handed definition
right·-handed (-han′did)
adjective
- using the right hand more skillfully than, and in preference to, the left
- done with the right hand
- made for use with the right hand
- designating one who swings a bat, club, etc. leftward
- turning left to right; worked by clockwise motion
- dextral (sense )
- having an asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that is conventionally viewed as having certain components on the right side: said of an isomer that is the mirror image of a one that is left-handed
adverb
- with the right hand to throw right-handed
- in such a way that the bat, club, etc. swings leftward to bat right-handed
Related Forms:
- right-handedly right′·-hand′edly adverb
- right-handedness right′·-hand′edness noun
- right-hander right′·-hand′er noun
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