Right-handed

Quick meaning: Right-handed is an adjective meaning Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.

Meaning

Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable) Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
2. (not comparable) Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.
3. (physics) Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.
4. Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule.
5. Right-handed people, taken as a whole.

Example Sentences

Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.

Word Forms

• righthanded

Synonyms for right-handed

Depending on context, synonyms include dextral, clockwise, dextrorotatory, dextrorotary.

Antonyms for right-handed

Common opposites include left-handed, lefthanded, ambidextrous, two-handed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clockwise, right, dextrorotatory, dextral, dextrorotary, able.

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