Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of, facing, or on the left side.

    of or on the left

  2. (not comparable)Left-handed.

  3. (not comparable)Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.

  4. (not comparable)Having left lateral fault movement.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Japanese may be different from other ethnicities due to more use of the dextral brain. The sinistral brain predominates occidental vicissitudes.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
of, facing, or on the left side:sinistrous

Antonyms

1 antonyms
of, facing, or on the left side:dextral

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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