adverb
sinistrē
sinistrē (comparative sinistrius, superlative sinistrissimē)
Classical[sɪˈnɪs.treː]Ecclesiastical[siˈnis.tre]
Meaning
- badly, wrongly, perversely
sĭnistrē, adv., v. sinister, II. C.
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sinistrē adv.
sinister, badly, wrongly, perversely : exceptus, H.: accipere, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*senh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*senh₂-is-?
- Proto-Italic*senisteros
- Latinsinistrē
Latin -ē Latin sinistrē From sinister + -ē.