right-handed

• Bezeichnet eine Person, die überwiegend die rechte Hand benutzt, oder einen Gegenstand, der für die Benutzung mit der rechten Hand bestimmt ist.

Describes a person who primarily uses their right hand for tasks, or an object designed for use by the right hand.

1. Using the right handA2formal

   Describes a person who naturally uses their right hand more skillfully than their left for tasks like writing or throwing.

   Rechtshänder

   • Most of the population is right-handed.
   • She is right-handed and prefers to write with her right hand.
   • Right-handed people often find scissors designed for right-handers more comfortable.

   Synonymedextralright-hand

   Antonymeleft-handed

2. Designed for the right handA2formal

   Made or intended to be used primarily with the right hand.

   Für die rechte Hand

   • He bought a right-handed golf club.
   • The guitar was a right-handed model.
   • Right-handed scissors have the thumb blade on the left side.

   Synonymeright-hand

   Antonymeleft-handed

3. Rotating clockwiseB2formal

   Describes a rotation or twist that moves in a clockwise direction, as seen from a standard perspective.

   Rechtsdrehend

   • A right-handed screw tightens when turned clockwise.
   • The right-handed thread on the bolt requires a clockwise turn.
   • The propeller has a right-handed rotation.

   Synonymeclockwisedextrorotatorydextrorse

   Antonymeleft-handed