rightwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Rightwards and Leftwards Pushing Hand will both act as a way to refuse something, or a high five when used together.
From The Verge
Kishida, who hails from Hiroshima, the first city to ever suffer an atomic bombing, was on the more dovish side of the LDP, but has since tacked rightwards.
From Reuters
Pecresse, a moderate within a conservative party that has lurched rightwards, would be France's first woman president if she wins the election.
From Reuters
Much of the French left feels the president, having promised a politics that was “neither of the right nor of the left”, has drifted rightwards since sweeping to victory in presidential and parliamentary elections in 2017.
From The Guardian
This time, the Joint List also sought to win votes from progressive Jewish Israelis, some of whom are dismayed with traditionally leftwing Jewish candidates, who have seen their influence plummet as domestic politics lurches rightwards.
From The Guardian
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