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dextrally
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Etymology
Adverb
dextrally (comparative more dextrally, superlative most dextrally)
- Towards the right.
- The hands of a watch rotate dextrally.
- 1895, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision:
- rotate it on its axis inward, i.e., sinistrally for the right eye and dextrally for the left
References
- “dextrally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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