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Meaning of SINISTROUSLY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sin"is*trous*ly\, adv.
1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.
2. With a tendency to use the left hand.
         Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed,
         and divers continue all their life left-handed.
                                               --Sir T.
                                               Browne.
 
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