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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hand•ed•ness n.

a tendency to use one hand more than the other.

handed + -ness 1920–25

'handedness' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Palmerston - chirality - dexterous - dextrality - gender-specific - laterality - sinistrality

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