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cross-handedness

cross-handedness noun: the use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.

Noun

cross-handedness (uncountable)

  1. The use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.
    • The LD person may face a task in some way related to cross-handedness.2000, Helen Godfrey Pyke, Why can't I do school?: a story of help and hope for those who learn differently, →ISBN, page 21
  2. The property of being cross-handed.

Forms of cross-handedness

alternative formcrosshandedness

Origin of cross-handedness

From cross- + handed + -ness.

Questions about cross-handedness

What does cross-handedness mean?
Cross-handedness means the use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.
What part of speech is cross-handedness?
Cross-handedness is a noun.

Words near cross-handedness in the dictionary

  1. cross-grainedness
  2. cross-halving joint
  3. cross-halving joints
  4. cross-handed
  5. cross-handedly
  6. cross-handedness
  7. cross-harbour
  8. cross-hatch
  9. cross-hatched
  10. cross-hatches
  11. cross-hatching

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