Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective To or on the left.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward the left; to the left hand or side; sinistrad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Toward or on the left side.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective To or from the
left . - adverb To or from the
left .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've bought a couple of Ithaca M-37s but haven't figured out the rifle solution for the "leftward" son.
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That sort of change, whether "leftward," "rightward," or in a direction that defies those classifications, is much more difficult and more worthwhile than anything mere politics can deliver.
TEXAS FAITH: Why is the political pendulum swinging so much? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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Since it was his first year in the woods with a rifle, I ended up buying my "leftward" son an early 1970s era Browning BLR in .243 and told him to "shoot small" and he wouldn't need a second shot ...
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I know that Huffington Post's readers skew leftward which is precisely why I wanted to post there.
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Most of my more "leftward" friends don't ever talk about politics at all, nor do they get "excited" about their candidates.
Obama's "The One," says Oprah. Ann Althouse 2007
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That is, the Democratic platform has moved substantially "leftward" on economics.
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If these differences in opinion persist, then we would expect that American Catholic opinion will shift leftward on attitudes toward social welfare.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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I would hypothesize that the leftward movement of America in recent years is a direct result of the multibillion-dollar edifice of wingnut disinformation that inundates us today.
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Ever since the unemployment legislation was killed in the state house in April, McDonnell's team has been ready with their response, which is rooted in this fact: Despite its leftward trend in recent years, Virginia is still a moderate state that has gone to great lengths over the last decade to cultivate a pro-business environment.
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But the man who has occupied the Oval Office since January, 2009 is someone entirely different -- a man seemingly without a compass, a tactician who veers rightward one day and leftward the next, an inside-the Beltway dealmaker who doesn't explain his comprises in light of larger goals.
Robert Reich: The Empty Bully Pulpit Robert Reich 2011
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