leftward

adjective or adverb

left·ward ˈleft-wərd

: being at, toward, or to the left

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That gave Green Bay’s blockers favorable angles on the leftward run. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026 Perhaps their leftward leanings lead them, like Tolstoy, to downplay the ability of individuals to alter their own fates. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 There’s a lot of money lined up to counter both the leftward shift of the Democratic Party and MAGA populism. — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026 The next Peruvian president will help determine whether one of South America’s most important countries moves closer to Washington, or charts a leftward course. — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for leftward

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15th century, in the meaning defined above

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leftward

adverb or adjective

left·ward ˈlef-twərd

: toward or on the left

leftward

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