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SINISTRAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or on the left
Example:
a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost
Classified under:
Similar:
sinister (on or starting from the wearer's left)
sinistrorsal; sinistrorse (spiraling upward from right to left)
Also:
anticlockwise; contraclockwise; counterclockwise (in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock)
left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)
Antonym:
dextral (of or on the right)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Preferring to use left foot or hand or eye
Example:
sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye
Classified under:
Similar:
left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)
Derivation:
sinistrality (preference for using the left hand)
