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leftwards

2.6

Toward the left side

adverb
/ˈlɛftwərdz/

: hacia la izquierda

At the intersection, turn leftwards to reach the park.

Examples

The train moved leftwards along the track, heading towards the next station.
When the teacher asked the students to rearrange the chairs, they pushed them leftwards to make more space.
But as you go leftwards, can you see that the beauty of this is that has handled the units part of the Roman numbers?
We're basically doing a rightward rank from A and a leftward rank from B, and that's finds all the nodes and stopping when those two searches converge.

Synonyms

left

vsleftwards

∞ 1.0

The side of the body opposite the right

is specifically about movement toward that side rather than about position

sinisterly

vsleftwards

Specialized

9.5

Toward the left side, seen in coats of arms

is the general directional term used outside specialized heraldry

portside

vsleftwards

Specialized

4.3

On the left side of a ship or plane when facing forward

is the everyday directional word for movement toward that side

Antonyms

rightward

3 4.1

Toward the right side or direction

How Left

leftwards

2.6

sidewards

1 4.6

rightward

3 4.1

Surface Forms

leftwards positive

leftward positive

Morphology

leftwards = left (transparent) = left + wards

The suffix '-wards' is a standard English suffix indicating direction, making the word's meaning clear.

Etymology

Leftwards comes from the simple parts left and -wards, where -wards means 'toward', so leftwards simply means 'toward the left side'.