Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a sinister manner. In a manner boding or threatening evil; inauspiciously; unfavorably.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a sinister manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a sinister manner.
Etymologies
- sinister + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This conflation of the puerile and sinisterly sublime is not something that we see too often -- if ever -- in mainstream media, but it was also something I appreciated and sought out when I was young and always found deeply fulfilling.”
“Lights high on utility poles lit the interior, and the old buildings shone sinisterly in the amber glow.”
“Near the end of the atrocious Lifetime movie, Drew Peterson: Untouchable, the former Bolingbrook Sergeant Rob Lowe is sinisterly opening and closing his neighbor's garage door.”
The Huffington Post: Chris Krapek: Drew Peterson: Untouchable Is a Repugnant TV Movie
“Camel trekking is an activity that matches man with a foul-tempered, humpbacked beast that sinisterly hisses and cavalierly drops to its haunches when it no longer feels compelled to carry you.”
“While Brown and Blair sometimes seemed to have aged years in the space of mere months, Cameron, somewhat sinisterly, seems to look more vibrant by the minute.”
“As Red can't wait to torture a terrified Vanning, he sinisterly and bizarrely sings: "The tougher they are the more fun they are tra-la.”
The Huffington Post: Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall
“The opening sample of Jones, drawn from his infamous "death tapes," forms a sinisterly ironic counterpoint to the bright pop tones of the music.”
The Huffington Post: Turnstyle: Cults Video Director Finds Muse In Jonestown Massacre
“Scarcely any phase of the election is more sinisterly interesting than the increase in the socialist vote.”
“The chief executive of EDF whose name didn't look French to Elizabeth, it looked sinisterly South American countered complaints from the public about rising energy prices with the argument that nuclear power was in the long run cheaper.”
“More sinisterly, is he being bullied by work colleagues – have the likes of George Osborne been putting his stapler in jelly like Tim did to Gareth in The Office?”
The Guardian: Joanna Yeates' last days and an intrusion too far | Barbara Ellen
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These words either descend from a word or root referring to the left side or direction (e.g., “sinister”) or refer to the concept themselves. Many, but not all, have negative connotations.
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