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right hand
1noun
- the hand that is on the right side, or the side opposite that where the heart is.
- the right side, as of a person, especially this side considered as the side of precedence or courtesy.
- a position of honor or special trust.
- an extremely efficient or reliable person or, sometimes, tool, especially a person considered as one's assistant.
right-hand
2[ rahyt-hand ]
adjective
- on the right.
- of, for, or with the right hand.
- most reliable, valuable, or useful, as a helper or assistant.
- (of a door) having the hinges on the right when seen from the exterior of the building, room, closet, etc., to which the doorway leads.
- (of a casement sash) having the hinges on the right when seen from inside the window.
right-hand
adjective
- of, relating to, located on, or moving towards the right
this car has right-hand drive
a right-hand bend
- for use by the right hand; right-handed
- right-hand manone's most valuable assistant or supporter
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He was holding up a paper as a woman approached with a child on her left hip, pushing an empty stroller with her right hand.
Or this: the right-hand side of the body is more honorable and therefore hotter than the left.
But the accent is just as clearly Trinidadian as he cracks jokes about a severed head he holds by the hair in his right hand.
He holds up his right hand—“A short chop right above the bridge of the nose”—and gives up a laugh.
The trooper reached with her right hand for her expandable baton.
She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.
During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.
In fact a spot of blood, slightly larger than that which had appeared before, showed plainly upon the Professor's right hand.
In fact, on the Professor's right hand there showed a drop of blood, perceptibly larger this time than before.
MacRae's heels clicked together and his right hand went up in the stiff military salute.
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