Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.2. (a.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells. Thesaurus backhand backhanded circuitous counterclockwise deflectional deviant deviative devious digressive divagational divergent excursive indirect larboard left left-hand left-handed left-wing left-wingish levorotatory liberal near nigh oblique port radical side sidelong sinister sinistrocerebral sinistrocular sinistrogyrate sinistromanual sinistrorse southpaw |