"Right-handedness" Quotes from Famous Books
... and droit, right) and dexterity (L. dexter, right, right-hand) might each be rendered "right-handedness;" but adroitness carries more of the idea of eluding, parrying, or checking some hostile movement, or taking advantage of another in controversy; dexterity conveys the idea of doing, accomplishing something readily and well, without reference to any action ... — English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald |