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leftward

leftward adjective: to or from the left.

Adjective

leftward (comparative more leftward, superlative most leftward)

  1. To or from the left.
    • This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.2012, Catherine M. Otto, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, →ISBN, page 191
    • Yes, the Democratic Party's sharp leftward pivot might have nuked the Never Trump movement all on its own, because it is leaving no sane alternatives to [Donald] Trump.2019 March 25, Tiana Lowe, “How the Russia #Resistance nuked the Never Trump movement”, in Washington Examiner, Washington, D.C.: MediaDC, Clarity Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Adverb

leftward (comparative more leftward, superlative most leftward)

  1. To or from the left.
    • Rightward and leftward rise the rocks1801, Robert Southey, “The Sixth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 18

leftward meaning in Kannada

leftward in Kannada

ಎಡಗಡೆಗೆ, ಎಡಕ್ಕೆ

Antonyms of leftward

Forms of leftward

Adjective
comparativemore leftward
superlativemost leftward
Adverb
comparativemore leftward
superlativemost leftward

Origin of leftward

From left + -ward.

Words formed from leftward

Questions about leftward

What does leftward mean?
Leftward means to or from the left.
What is leftward in Kannada?
Leftward in Kannada is ಎಡಗಡೆಗೆ, ಎಡಕ್ಕೆ. See Leftward meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is leftward?
Leftward can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near leftward in the dictionary

  1. leftugee
  2. leftugees
  3. lefturd
  4. lefturds
  5. leftwaffe
  6. leftward
  7. leftwardly
  8. leftwardness
  9. leftwards
  10. Leftwich
  11. Leftwiches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leftward (page history and authors); leftward (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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