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sinistrally

sinistrally adverb: toward the left; in a sinistral manner.

Adverb

sinistrally (comparative more sinistrally, superlative most sinistrally)

  1. Toward the left; in a sinistral manner.
    • rotate it on its axis inward, i.e., sinistrally for the right eye and dextrally for the left1895, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision

Forms of sinistrally

comparativemore sinistrally
superlativemost sinistrally

Origin of sinistrally

From sinistral + -ly.

Questions about sinistrally

What does sinistrally mean?
Sinistrally means toward the left; in a sinistral manner.
What part of speech is sinistrally?
Sinistrally is an adverb.

Words near sinistrally in the dictionary

  1. sinistrad
  2. sinistral
  3. sinistral fault
  4. sinistral faults
  5. sinistrality
  6. sinistrally
  7. sinistrals
  8. sinistration
  9. sinistraural
  10. sinistraurality
  11. sinistre

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