Definition of Right-handedness in English :
Define Right-handedness in English
Right-handedness meaning in English
Meaning of Right-handedness in English
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Right-handedness pronunciation in English
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Right-handedness
see synonyms of right-handednessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Right-handedness
see synonyms of right-handednessadjective
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
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Right-handedness
see synonyms of right-handedness adjective
1.
using the right hand more skillfully than, and in preference to, the left
2.
done with the right hand
3.
made for use with the right hand
4.
designating one who swings a bat, club, etc. leftward
5.
turning left to right; worked by clockwise motion
6.
dextral (sense 3)
7.
having an asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that is conventionally viewed as having certain components on the right side
said of an isomer that is the mirror image of a one that is left-handed adverb
8.
with the right hand
to throw right-handed
9.
in such a way that the bat, club, etc. swings leftward
to bat right-handed
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Right-handedness
see synonyms of right-handednessadj.
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.
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