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leftwards

British  
/ ˈlɛftwədz /

adverb

  1. towards or on the left

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

At the end of the bridge the man turned leftwards on to a deserted wharf between two mills; Basterga followed.

From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman

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