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sinistral en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, facing, or on the left side.
  2. (not-comparable) Left-handed.
  3. (not-comparable, of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.
  4. (not-comparable) Having left lateral fault movement.

Antonyms

dextral (antonym(s) of “of, facing, or on the left side”)

Deriveds

sinistrality · dextrosinistral · sinistral fold · sinistral fault · sinistrally

Relateds

sinister

Synonyms

sinistrous (of, facing, or on the left side)

sinistral en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A left-handed person.

Forms

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