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rightward

Syllables: right·wardUK/ˈɹaɪtwəd/US/ˈɹaɪtwɚd/

rightward adjective: to or from the right.

Adjective

rightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

  1. To or from the right.
    • 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
    • Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”2023 September 12, Paul Glader, “Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk”, in CNN

Adverb

rightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

  1. To or from the right.
    • Most polls give the left, divided between Socialists, ecologists and far-left parties, less than 30 percent of the vote in a France drifting rightward. The once-proud “gauche” is in tatters.2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021

rightward meaning in Kannada

rightward in Kannada

ಬಲಗಡೆಗೆ, ಬಲಕ್ಕೆ

Antonyms of rightward

Forms of rightward

Adjective
comparativemore rightward
superlativemost rightward
Adverb
comparativemore rightward
superlativemost rightward

Origin of rightward

From right + -ward.

Words formed from rightward

Questions about rightward

What does rightward mean?
Rightward means to or from the right.
What is rightward in Kannada?
Rightward in Kannada is ಬಲಗಡೆಗೆ, ಬಲಕ್ಕೆ. See Rightward meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is rightward?
Rightward can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce rightward?
Rightward is pronounced /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/ (US).

Words near rightward in the dictionary

  1. rightsowner
  2. rightsowners
  3. rightthink
  4. righturd
  5. righturds
  6. rightward
  7. rightwardly
  8. rightwards
  9. rightways
  10. rightwing
  11. rightwinger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rightward (page history and authors); rightward (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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