ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rightward

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rightward is an adjective meaning To or from the right.

Meaning

To or from the right.

Example Sentences

This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.
Most polls give the left, divided between Socialists, ecologists and far-left parties, less than 30 percent of the vote in a France drifting rightward. The once-proud “gauche” is in tatters.
Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”

Antonyms for rightward

Common opposites include leftward.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clockwise, right, right-wing, leftward, leftwise, headward.

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