sinistral
/ˈsɪnɪstrəl/
noun
- A left-handed person.
- The class had only two sinistrals among thirty students.
- He was a proud sinistral and used his left hand for writing.
- Sinistrals often adapt to tools made for right-handed people.
adjective
- Relating to or located on the left side.
- He preferred a sinistral orientation for his desk.
- In some cultures, the sinistral hand is considered unlucky.
- The snail had a sinistral shell, spiraling to the left.
- Left-handed.
- Sinistral people often struggle with right-handed scissors.
- Being sinistral is more common in some families.
- The artist was sinistral and held her brush in her left hand.
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