leftwardlyadv.
/ˈlɛftwədli/, U.S. /ˈlɛf(t)wərdli/ = leftward adv.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in sideways direction > to right and left > towards the left
aleftc1330
leftsomesa1398
lefta1400
leftward1579
leftwards1585
toward1711
sinistrally1838
left-handed1851
leftwardly1892
1892 Amer. Anthropologist 5 315 Nor do they name or range them ceremonially from the right leftwardly, but from the left rightwardly.
1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd i. iii. 16 With that in eye he has bundled leftwardly Thomière's division.
1964 Arizona Republic 8 Jan. 6/6 (headline) SANE [sc. the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy] marches leftwardly on.
1998 J. Gabriel Whitewash iii. 80 Anti-rights politics..fed into and off a wider attack on the public sector, including its leftwardly inclined professionals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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