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right-hand•ed

Pronunciation: (rīt'han'did), [key]
—adj.
1. having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
2. adapted to or performed by the right hand: a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship.
3. Mach.
a. rotating clockwise.
b. noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer.
4. Building Trades.right-hand (def. 5).

—adv. Also,right'-hand'ed•ly.
1. in a right-handed manner or fashion: The door opens right-handed.
2. with the right hand: She writes right-handed.
3. toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction: The strands of the rope are laid right-handed.

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