right-handed
adjective
having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference.
right-handedness
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a word derived from
right-handed.
Example Sentences
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Scientists still do not fully understand why left-handedness has persisted throughout human evolution or how human culture may have helped reinforce right-handedness over time.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
Lesley E. Tan investigated the relationship between left-handedness vs. right-handedness and motor competence in preschool children.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013
As the daughter and mother of lefties, I find the practice of forced conversion to right-handedness gauche and appalling.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2013
Ed Grimm New York If only 10 percent of the population is left-handed, why did evolution select a preference for right-handedness?
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2011
The very beginning of our modern right-handedness goes back, indeed, to the most primitive savagery.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
