rightward

adj, adv — 2 senses

rightward

adj

US /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/ · UK /ˈɹaɪtwəd/

Etymology From right + -ward.

1

To or from the right.

  • This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.2012, Catherine M. Otto, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, →ISBN, page 191:
  • 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.”2023 September 12, Paul Glader, “Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk”, in CNN:
Derived terms
rightwardly

rightward

adv

Etymology From right + -ward.

1

To or from the right.

  • 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.2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021:
Antonyms
leftward

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