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Meanings of sinistral in English

Of or on the left.

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Examples for "dextral"
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The circuit used by the decorator of this box is dextral or sunwise.
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2
My snail's shell was dextral, with a right-side opening, as is most common.
The sound of a wild snail eating
3
Her right arm rested upon the table, and her dextral fingers nervously manipulated a sealed letter.
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Nondextral patients with bilateral language representation also displayed decreased visuospatial performance, although dextral patients with bilateral language did not.
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Lowered PIQ was present in the bilateral nondextral group but not for bilateral dextral patients, and this pattern was observed with other visuospatial measures.
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Usage of sinistral in English
1
The aim was true, but the sinistral had mistimed in its fear.
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2
It sought its fellow sinistral, in the body of the younger, muscled man.
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3
The sinistral flicked its canine eyes momentarily away from its mirror-helm.
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4
Rescue waited while an unseen sinistral attached the dog uncomfortably to his back.
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One dark-suited man spasmed as the sinistral shut down the dextrier's assimilation gland.
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The vodyanoi-body was trapped as its sinistral passenger was drained.
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However, some snails are sinistral, with a left-side opening.
The sound of a wild snail eating
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The sinistral fought to regain control of itself.
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The sudden hypnotized efflorescence of the sinistral's dreams slid through the channel to its dextrier steed.
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A 50-year-old sinistral man suffered minor trauma to the right side of his head and neck.
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The freed sinistral saw the massive body of the slake-moth before it, angled away, its wings hidden.
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The sinistral of each pair picked up the relevant straps and attached itself tightly to their dextrier.
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The sinistral probed the disturbed area.
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14
They were motionless as they hung in the air, the quintumvirate of dextriers, each bearing a sinistral noble.
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The soft presence of the sinistral-handlinger in the dog behind him had opened the door between their minds.
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The sinistral felt its mind begin to go slack before the midnight shades sinuously mutating on the slake-moth's wings.
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