Definitions
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- adverb rare By a
leftward path; leftwards, leftwardly;anticlockwise ,counterclockwise . - adjective rare
Leftward , on the left side.
Etymologies
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left + -wise
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Examples
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Hellenes carry the hand from the left to the right, the Egyptians do this from the right to the left; and doing so they say that they do it themselves rightwise and the Hellenes leftwise: and they use two kinds of characters for writing, of which the one kind is called sacred and the other common. 278 37.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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Egyptians do this from the right to the left; and doing so they say that they do it themselves rightwise and the Hellenes leftwise: and they use two kinds of characters for writing, of which the one kind is called sacred and the other common.
An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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