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Definition of Right-hand

1. Adjective. Located on or directed toward the right. "A right-hand turn"

2. Adjective. Intended for the right hand. "A right-hand glove"

3. Adjective. Most helpful and reliable. "My right-hand man"

Definition of Right-hand

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or located on the right ¹

2. Adjective. designed for use by the right hand ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Right-hand

right-abouts right-angle right-angled right-angled triangle right-angled triangles right-back right-click right-clicked right-clicking right-clicks

right-down right-drag right-eyed right-footed right-footer right-hand (current term) right-hand(a) right-hand drive right-hand man right-hand men

right-hand path right-hand rule right-hand woman right-hand women right-handed right-handed pitcher right-handedly right-handedness right-hander right-handers

Literary usage of Right-hand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Israel in Egypt: Sacred Oratorio by George Frideric Handel, Georg Friedrich Händel, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Horace Wadham Nicholl (1900)
"(J= 8H glor - - ious, glor-- - ious, y right hand ... O is become glor - - ious in power, Thy right hand, 0 be с o is become glor - - ious in power, ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"3 Portia gives her left hand to Bassanio, who is C; her right hand to Antonio, who is L. They all go up steps and off R. ..."

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