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The Collaborative International Dictionary
dextral

clockwise \clockwise\ adj. 1. -- of rotatory motion. dextral

Wiktionary
dextral

a. Of or pertaining to the right side

WordNet
dextral
  1. adj. of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost" [ant: sinistral]

  2. preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"

Usage examples of "dextral".

The wraith gasps and almost falls off the monitor as if he can totally empathize with the dextral flare.

The little thoracic movements make his dextral regions make him want to bite the side of his hand in pain.

They were his two principal advisers, dextral and sinister, and I was astonished and deeply concerned that Maximus seemed now to have attained influence as an adviser equal even to that of Sallustius.