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right-handed I. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective Etymology: Middle English right handed, from right hand + -ed 1. : having the right hand more apt or usable than the left : preferring the right hand < a right-handed pitcher > 2. a. : of, belonging to, or designed for the right hand < a right-handed glove > < a right-handed implement > b. : done or made with or as if with the right hand < a right-handed stroke > < a right-handed blow > 3. : having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch viewed from in front : clockwise — used of a twist, rotary motion, or spiral curve as viewed from a given direction with respect to the axis of rotation < a right-handed propeller > 4. : dextrally spiral < most univalve shells are right-handed > 5. of a rope : rightlaid 6. : right-hand < right-handed door > 7. a. : having a crystal structure that has a mirror-image relationship to another enantiomorphous structure regarded as left-handed in which the same compound can crystallize < right-handed quartz > b. : having crystal faces that result from and may be used to characterize such a structure c. : dextrorotatory • right-handed·ly adverb • right-handed·ness noun II. adverb : with the right hand : in a right-handed manner < throws and bats right-handed > |