Meaning & use
righty
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A person who is right-handed, or, informally, a person with politically conservative views.
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As a righty, she always struggled to use left-handed scissors.
The debate pitted a well-known righty pundit against a progressive commentator.
A note on using this word
An informal term used in two very different everyday senses: hand dominance and political leaning.
Words with a similar meaning
right-handerconservative
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A person with politically conservative or right-wing views.
The panel included both a righty and a lefty to balance the discussion.
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