Meanings
alternative righthand
- not comparableOf, relating to, or located on the right.
The train runs slowly with frequent slacks for bridge and culvert repairs. At one point occurs the changeover from left- to right-hand running.
1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336 - not comparableUsing or designed for use by the right hand.
a right-hand bowler in the game of cricket
- not comparableIn the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread).
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of right hand (“trusted assistant”)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelocated on or directed toward the right
adjectiveintended for the right hand
adjectivemost helpful and reliable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishrihthand“right-hand”
- Middle Englishryghte-hande
- Englishright-hand
From Middle English ryghte-hande, from Old English rihthand (“right-hand”), equivalent to right + hand.
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