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leftwards

leftwards adverb: leftward; towards the left.

Adverb

leftwards (not comparable)

  1. Leftward; towards the left.
    • The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359

Origin of leftwards

From left + -wards.

Questions about leftwards

What does leftwards mean?
Leftwards means leftward; towards the left.
What part of speech is leftwards?
Leftwards is an adverb.

Words near leftwards in the dictionary

  1. lefturds
  2. leftwaffe
  3. leftward
  4. leftwardly
  5. leftwardness
  6. leftwards
  7. Leftwich
  8. Leftwiches
  9. leftwing
  10. leftwinger
  11. leftwingers

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