leftward
Also leftwards. toward or on the left.
Origin of leftward
1Other words from leftward
- left·ward·ly, adverb
Words Nearby leftward
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How to use leftward in a sentence
The leftward shift that helped build a suburban Democratic supermajority in the legislature and has blunted Republicans running statewide has become a wall for recall supporters to climb.
The Trailer: What happens when the majority doesn't rule? | David Weigel | April 1, 2021 | Washington PostThe leftward push fell short in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor, when Cuomo handily defeated Cynthia Nixon not only statewide but in New York City, where Cuomo won 66 percent of the vote to Nixon’s 33 percent.
What We’re Watching In The New York City Mayoral Race | Alex Samuels (Alex.L.Samuels@disney.com) | March 16, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSwearing off Dominion money has been a point of pride for many of the state’s Democrats in recent years, as the party has shifted leftward and has become less accommodating to the utility giant.
Terry McAuliffe, in announcing bid for Virginia governor, focuses on education while nodding to Democrats’ leftward shift | Laura Vozzella | December 9, 2020 | Washington PostThe country has moved leftward culturally, though the culture wars are far from over.
Not that the calls for her to get in, even just to pull Clinton leftward in a primary clash, are likely to quiet.
How Elizabeth Warren’s Book Tour Could Mean Trouble for Hillary Clinton | David Freedlander | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So will Generation Obama lean leftward forever, or does this Harvard poll show that the spell may be broken?
Suddenly, instead of falling slightly as you'd expect, they climb back above their leftward neighbors.
Department of Awful Statistics: Income Inequality Edition | Megan McArdle | February 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe leftward shift by tech firms is a fairly recent development.
President Obama Courts Silicon Valley’s New Digital Aristocracy | Joel Kotkin | February 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWe passed round the leftward edge of the brown hill and joined our infantry in a broad green valley.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensBelow the small kopje were tents and waggons; from the leftward shoulder of the big one flashed once more the Boer guns.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensDown leftward a black-powder gun was popping on the film-cut ridge of Bluebank.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensWe have yet, keeping leftward to view the bog, upwards of a mile to make ere the circuit of the castle is accomplished.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2) | Sir Walter ScottOh, everlasting wearisome attire!We yet once more with them together turn'd To leftward, on their dismal moan intent.
The Vision of Hell, Part 8 | Dante Alighieri
British Dictionary definitions for leftward
/ (ˈlɛftwəd) /
on or towards the left
a variant of leftwards
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