leftwards

leftward

/ (ˈlɛftwədz) /

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adverb

towards or on the left

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Words nearby leftwards

left-luggage office, left-of-center, left out, leftover, leftward, leftwards, left wing, lefty, leg, legacy, legal

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How to use leftwards in a sentence

At the end of the bridge the man turned leftwards on to a deserted wharf between two mills; Basterga followed.
The Long Night|Stanley Weyman
As thus he said, Love, leftwards as before, with approbation rightwards sneezed.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus|Caius Valerius Catullus
As thus she said, Love, leftwards as before, with approbation rightwards sneezed.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus|Caius Valerius Catullus
Leftwards are the Apennines, opalescent in the morning mist, capped with snow upon their peaks.
The Happy Golfer|Henry Leach

The French were attacked on the point which Marmont's movement leftwards had weakened, and sustained a signal defeat.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte|John Gibson Lockhart