cross-handedness

See also: crosshandedness

English

Alternative forms

• crosshandedness

Etymology

From cross- +‎ handed +‎ -ness.

Noun

cross-handedness (uncountable)

1. The use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.
   • 2000, Helen Godfrey Pyke, Why can't I do school?: a story of help and hope for those who learn differently, →ISBN, page 21:

     The LD person may face a task in some way related to cross-handedness.

2. The property of being cross-handed.