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

Derived Forms

• ˌright-ˈhandedness, noun
• ˌright-ˈhandedly, adverb

Other Words From

• right-handed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of right-handed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Titanic, shooting right-handed, lost a close golf match to an amateur who played in the 90s.

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Apparently, a fair number of left-handed people die each year from using right-handed products incorrectly.

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I sawed under limbs and over limbs, right-handed and left-handed, standing on my feet and on my head.

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He excelled all competitors in school and was generally rated the best right-handed pitcher in the metropolitan district.

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Of course there might be left-handed piano players, but certainly all the fiddlers and all the conductors are right-handed.

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You hold your own pipe to the lamp, and see how naturally you, being right-handed, hold the left side to the flame.

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Godfrey leapt to his feet, and springing forward struck the bully a right-handed blow straight from the shoulder.

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