right-handedness n preference for using the right hand Usage(s) Even the Bible equates left-handedness with evil, right-handedness with virtue and godliness. Cooper's right-handedness faced Hollywood with an appalling problem (Gehrig was a lefty). 1,422 students were righthanded, 138 ambidextrous, 34 lefthanded, 77 converted from left-to right-handedness. Synonym(s) dextrality