Thesaurus: right-hand

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1. a. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
2. a. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
3. adj. located on or directed toward the right
4. adj. intended for the right hand
5. adj. most helpful and reliable
6. 1. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road. 2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable. Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop. Addison. Right-hand rope, a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
7. j:100 s. located on or directed toward the right s. most helpful and reliable