handed
handed Lexical Profile
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• verb
To pick something up and give or pass it to someone (past tense and past participle of 'hand').
"She handed the signed contract to the receptionist before leaving the office."
• adjective
Having a natural preference for using a specific hand, or involving a specified number or type of hands (chiefly used in combination).
"The study examined whether handedness in primates mirrors the left-handed and right-handed patterns observed in humans."
Exhibiting chirality; existing in distinct left- and right-handed structural forms that are non-superimposable mirror images (used in chemistry and physics).
"Many biological molecules are handed, meaning their mirror-image forms can have vastly different effects in the body."
Word Nuance & Usage
As an adjective, 'handed' is most commonly used in hyphenated compound expressions such as 'left-handed', 'right-handed', 'empty-handed', or 'heavy-handed'.
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