leftward
adverb/ˈleftwəd/
/ˈleftwərd/
(British English also leftwards)
- towards the left
- I climbed carefully leftwards to reach the rock.
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- towards more left-wing political ideas
- Labour shifted the political climate leftwards.
opposite rightward
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