right-handed
adjective
right-hand·ed
ˈrīt-ˈhan-dəd 
1
: using the right hand habitually or more easily than the left
also
: swinging from right to left
a right-handed batter
2
: relating to, designed for, or done with the right hand
3
a
: having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch viewed from in front : clockwise
b
: having a spiral structure or form that ascends or advances to the right
a right-handed screw
4
of a door
: opening to the right away from one
right-handed
adverb
right-handedly
adverb
right-handedness
noun
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At 6-4, 190 pounds, the left-handed, 31-year-old Fried is far from a carbon copy of the 6-4, 220-pound, right-handed, 34-year-old Cole.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Milwaukee Brewers fans should be excited about right-handed hitting prospect shortstop, Cooper Pratt.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
For him, that’s cleaning up his mechanics to be in the strike zone more often and incorporating a cutter, especially against right-handed hitters.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
As if that list was not long enough, on Tuesday 31-year-old right-handed relief pitcher Scott Effross exited the Yankees' fourth exhibition game, against the Minnesota Twins, after throwing just a single pitch in his spring training debut.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Milwaukee Brewers fans should be excited about right-handed hitting prospect shortstop, Cooper Pratt.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
For him, that’s cleaning up his mechanics to be in the strike zone more often and incorporating a cutter, especially against right-handed hitters.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
As if that list was not long enough, on Tuesday 31-year-old right-handed relief pitcher Scott Effross exited the Yankees' fourth exhibition game, against the Minnesota Twins, after throwing just a single pitch in his spring training debut.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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right-handed
adjective
right-hand·ed
-ˈhan-dəd
1
: using the right hand habitually or more easily than the left
2
: relating to, designed for, or done with the right hand
3
: having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch viewed from in front
4
right-handed
adverb
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