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RIGHT-HAND
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most helpful and reliable
Example:
my right-hand man
Classified under:
Similar:
helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intended for the right hand
Example:
a right-hand glove
Synonyms:
right; right-hand
Classified under:
Similar:
right-handed (using or intended for the right hand)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Located on or directed toward the right
Example:
a right-hand turn
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
right (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north)
Context examples:
He introduced himself by informing me that I should find his name on the right-hand corner of the gate, over the top-bolt; upon that I said, Traddles? to which he replied, The same, and then he asked me for a full account of myself and family.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
To take the first example to hand, I very clearly perceive that in your bedroom the window is upon the right-hand side, and yet I question whether Mr. Lestrade would have noted even so self-evident a thing as that.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The mark which he was examining began upon the brass-work on the right-hand side of the keyhole, and extended for about four inches, where it had scratched the varnish from the surface.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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