sinistrously

English

Etymology

From Middle English sinistrousely, equivalent to sinistrous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɪstɹəsli/

Adverb

sinistrously (comparative more sinistrously, superlative most sinistrously)

1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.
2. With a tendency to use the left hand.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Of the Right and Left Hand:

     Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sinistrously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)