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right-handed

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right-hand·ed (rthndd)
adj.
1.
a. Using the right hand more skillfully or easily than the left.
b. Sports Swinging from the right to the left: a right-handed batter.
2.
a. Done with the right hand.
b. Intended for wear on or use by the right hand: a right-handed pair of scissors.
3.
a. Turning or spiraling from left to right; clockwise.
b. Rotating clockwise; dextrorotatory.
adv.
1. With the right hand.
2. Sports From right to left: swings right-handed.

right-handed·ly adv.
right-handed·ness n.

right-handed
adj
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
right-handedly  adv
right-handedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.right-handed - using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors"
dextral - of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"
right - being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
ambidextrous, two-handed - equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"
left-handed - using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
2.right-handed - rotating to the right
clockwise - in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
Translations
right-handed [ˈraɪtˈhændɪd] ADJ [person] → que usa la mano derecha, diestro; [tool] → para la mano derecha

right-handed [ˌraɪtˈhændɪd] adj (person) → che usa or adopera la (mano) destra
right-handed [ˌraɪtˈhændɪd] adj (person) → che usa or adopera la (mano) destra

right-handed أيمن pravák højrehåndet rechtshändig δεξιόχειρας diestro oikeakätinen droitier dešnjak destrimano 右利きの 오른손잡이의 rechtshandig høyrehendt praworęczny destro правосторонний högerhänt ทางด้านขวามือ sağ elini kullanan thuận tay phải 用右手的


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To be left-handed is usually to be two-handed; the right-handed people are usually one-handed.
A left-handed man, by long practice, can become a right-handed man.
Shells are all right-handed, with rare exceptions; and, when by chance their spiral is left, amateurs are ready to pay their weight in gold.
 
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