- 1a person who is right-handed uses their right hand for writing, using tools, etc. Everyone in our family is right-handed except Pauline.
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- 2a right-handed tool is designed to be used with the right hand right-handed scissors opposite left-handed
I play tennis right-handed but I write left-handed.See right-handed in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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