leftward

leftward
leftward (adv.) late 15c., from LEFT (Cf. left) (adj.) + -WARD (Cf. -ward). Related: Leftwards.

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  • Leftward — Left ward ( w[ e]rd), adv. Toward or on the left side. [1913 Webster] Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • leftward — [left′wərd] adv., adj. on or toward the left: also leftwards adv …   English World dictionary

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  • leftward — adjective on or towards the left: a leftward bend opposite rightward leftward/leftwards adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • leftward — adj. Leftward is used with these nouns: ↑drift …   Collocations dictionary

  • leftward — leftwards UK [ˈleftwə(r)dz] / US [ˈleftwərdz] or leftward UK [ˈleftwə(r)d] / US [ˈleftwərd] adjective, adverb on or towards the left …   English dictionary

  • leftward — left [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing which is to the west when the person or thing is facing north. 2) relating to a left wing person or group. ► ADVERB ▪ on or to the left side. ► NOUN 1) (th …   English terms dictionary

  • leftward [rightward] transcription — leftward [rightward] transcription. См. левосторонняя [и правосторонняя] транскрипция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • leftward movement —    Since rightward movement is regarded in all European traditions as corresponding to that of the sun, and hence beneficial and joyous, circling to the left is necessarily backwards , reversing the norm. Folklore links leftward circling with bad …   A Dictionary of English folklore

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