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right handed

right handed is the alternative form of right-handed.

Meaning of right-handed

Adjective

right-handed (comparative more right-handed, superlative most right-handed)

  1. Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
  2. (not comparable) Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
  3. (not comparable) 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.

See all 6 meanings of right-handed

Forms of right handed

comparativemore right handed
superlativemost right handed

Questions about right handed

What is right handed the alternative form of?
Right handed is the alternative form of right-handed.

Words near right handed in the dictionary

  1. right fielder
  2. right fielders
  3. right fields
  4. right hand
  5. right hand of fellowship
  6. right handed
  7. right handedness
  8. right hands
  9. right hands of fellowship
  10. right here
  11. right honorable

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