/ Dictionary / Index R right-handed: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: right-hand•ed Pronunciation: (rīt'han'did), [key] — adj. having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter. adapted to or performed by the right hand: a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship. rotating clockwise. noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer. right-hand (def. 5). —adv. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: right-handed (Thesaurus) right-hand buoy right-hander Related Content Daily Word Quiz: clairvoyant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language