right-handed
Americanadjective
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having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference.
a right-handed painter.
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adapted to or performed by the right hand.
a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship.
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Machinery.
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rotating clockwise.
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noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer.
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Building Trades. right-hand.
adverb
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in a right-handed manner or fashion.
The door opens right-handed.
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with the right hand.
She writes right-handed.
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toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction.
The strands of the rope are laid right-handed.
adjective
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using the right hand with greater skill or ease than the left
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performed with the right hand
right-handed writing
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made for use by the right hand
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worn on the right hand
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turning from left to right; clockwise
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of right-handed
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers could have used De Paula to bat against right-handed closer Trevor Megill in the ninth inning, but Roberts had already burned him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of the most intriguing aspects of the discovery involves chirality, a scientific term describing the difference between left-handed and right-handed structures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
As a result, the arrangement of the light itself can determine where its left-handed and right-handed spinning patterns become visible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
And while nature almost exclusively produces the version it requires to function, chemical reactions in a lab usually create a 50/50 mix of both left- and right-handed molecules.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Like most fourteen-year-olds, she was right-handed, so the rocks skipped farther across the murky water when Violet used her right hand than when she used her left.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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