Meaning Right-handed
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Right-handed


The preferential use of the right hand for most fine manual tasks. Approximately 90% of the population is right-handed. In French, the word for right is droit and the word for left is gauche meaning clumsy or awkward. In Latin the word for right is dexter (as in dexterity) and the word for left is sinister, as left-handed persons were historically [..]
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Right-handed


(adj) using or intended for the right hand(adj) rotating to the right
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Said of a rope when strands trend to the right as one looks along it. Said of a propeller when upper edge of blade turns to starboard when going ahead.
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