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dextral

DEFINITIONS OF: dextral

1

adj preferring to use right foot or hand or eye

“dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye”
Synonyms
right-handed
using or intended for the right hand

adj of or on the right

“a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer”
“a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost”
Synonyms
clockwise
in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
dexter
on or starting from the wearer's right
dextrorsal, dextrorse
spiraling upward from left to right
right-handed
using or intended for the right hand
Antonyms:
sinistral
of or on the left
anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
sinister
on or starting from the wearer's left
sinistrorsal, sinistrorse
spiraling upward from right to left
left-handed
using or intended for the left hand
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