SINISTRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sinistral mean? 

• SINISTRAL (adjective)
  The adjective SINISTRAL has 2 senses:

1. of or on the left

2. preferring to use left foot or hand or eye

  Familiarity information: SINISTRAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINISTRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or on the left

Context example:

a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost

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

Context example:

sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye

Similar:

left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)

Derivation:

sinistrality (preference for using the left hand)