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Vinony

right-handed

adjective

  1. having more natural strength and dexterity in right arm and hand
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/

adj

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

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

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

  1. Right-handed people, taken as a whole.

    “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.”