| 单词 |
sinistrally |
| 释义 |
sinistrally, adv.|ˈsɪnɪstrəlɪ| [f. as prec.] †1. In a sinister manner; perversely, wrongly.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. vii. 49 Sinistrally expounding thynges that be doutfull. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 467 He..had heard how sinistrally..many euill men spake and thought of him. 2. Towards the left.
1847in Webster. 1881Le Conte Sight 19 To rotate it on its axis outward, i.e. dextrally..for the right and sinistrally for the left. 3. Conch. and Bot. With the whorl, spathe, or the like turning towards the left.
1854Woodward Mollusca ii. 202 Operculum sinistrally sub-spiral. 1881Jrnl. Linnean Soc. XV. 273 Sinistrally inclined ribs. 1883Jrnl. Bot. Brit. & For. 237 The spathes..are rolled up indifferently either way—either dextrally or sinistrally. |

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