All 3 Uses
sinister
in
A Wrinkle in Time
(Edited)
- The late afternoon light had a greenish cast which the blank windows reflected in a sinister way.
p. 41.2sinister = evil or frightening
- Then Charles Wallace giggled, a giggle that was the most sinister sound Meg had ever heard.
p. 156.4 *
- Just as she caught up with them Charles Wallace stopped and raised his hand, and there was the elevator again, its yellow light sinister.
p. 172.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(sinister) evil or harmful; or making an evil or frightening impression
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely and only in very old usage, sinister can refer to the left side of something.