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sinistrely

sinistrely is the obsolete form of sinisterly.

Meaning of sinisterly

Adverb

sinisterly (comparative more sinisterly, superlative most sinisterly)

  1. In a sinister manner.

Forms of sinistrely

comparativemore sinistrely
superlativemost sinistrely

Origin of sinistrely

From sinistre + -ly.

Questions about sinistrely

What is sinistrely the obsolete form of?
Sinistrely is the obsolete form of sinisterly.

Words near sinistrely in the dictionary

  1. sinistrals
  2. sinistration
  3. sinistraural
  4. sinistraurality
  5. sinistre
  6. sinistrely
  7. sinistrin
  8. sinistrine
  9. sinistro-
  10. sinistrocular
  11. sinistrocularity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sinistrely (page history and authors); sinisterly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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