right-handed

Meaning

Adj

1. Using their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, their left.
2. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
3. Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.
4. Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.
5. Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule.

Noun

Right-handed people, taken as a whole.

Synonyms

dextral

right-side

to the right

dextrorotary

dextrorotatory

right-hander

right turn

right-handed rotation

dextroclination

righthander

dextrotorsion

righty

right hand propeller

clockwise

right-wound spiral

dextrorotation

right

right-hand

right hander

Translations

droitier

diestro

destrimano

rechtshändig

dretà

dextrogyre

droitière

destro

che usa la destr

destro

Rechtshänder

destrorso

rechts

rechtshandig

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: riȝt honded

In summary

From Middle English riȝt honded, equivalent to right + handed.