cross-handedness

noun

The use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.

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Meanings

nouncross-handedness (uncountable)

alternative crosshandedness

  1. uncountableThe use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.

    The LD person may face a task in some way related to cross-handedness.

    2000, Helen Godfrey Pyke, Why can't I do school?: a story of help and hope for those who learn differently, →ISBN, page 21
  2. uncountableThe property of being cross-handed.

Origin

From cross- + handed + -ness.

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APA

cross-handedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-handedness

MLA

“cross-handedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-handedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-handedness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-handedness.

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