| a. | 1. | Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left. | |||
| 2. | Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; - said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction. | ||||
| 3. | (Zool.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; - said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.
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| Adj. | 1. | right-handed - using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" Antonyms: ambidextrous, two-handed - equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" left-handed - using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" |
| 2. | right-handed - rotating to the right Synonyms: dextrorotary, dextrorotatory |
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