Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinistrally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sinis-tral-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Toward the left; in a sinistral manner.

Example Sentences

"rotate it on its axis inward, i.e., sinistrally for the right eye and dextrally for the left"

Etymology

From sinistral + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sinistral

Inflected Forms

more sinistrally (comparative) most sinistrally (superlative)

Questions

What does sinistrally mean?: Toward the left; in a sinistral manner.
Where does sinistrally come from?: From sinistral + -ly.

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