handedness : Idioms & Phrases

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high-handedness

  • noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
    haughtiness; hauteur; lordliness; arrogance.
WordNet

left-handedness

  • noun the status of being born of a morganatic marriage
  • noun preference for using the left hand
    sinistrality.
WordNet
Left"-hand`ed*ness, Left"-hand`i*ness noun (Also<
  • Left-handedness
  • Left-handiness
)
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
    An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.
Webster 1913

right-handedness

  • noun preference for using the right hand
    dextrality.
WordNet
Right"-hand`ed*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
Webster 1913