leftwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Then Darlow, who was perhaps unsighted, sprawled leftwards to turn away Lo Celso’s placed effort.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2020
What worries a section of them isn't so much the leftwards drift of the party but a perceived lack of competence.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2015
For example, swiping a finger quickly leftwards along the keys deletes the previous word, while sliding a thumb along them more slowly moves the cursor in the same direction.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2014
Alongside his late friend Bob Crow, Serwotka has often been pegged as a member of organised labour’s “awkward squad”: not Labour-affiliated and keen to push the union movement leftwards.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2014
As thus she said, Love, leftwards as before, with approbation rightwards sneezed.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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