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rightward en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹaɪtwəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English rightward From right + -ward.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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most rightward Degree=Sup lexicographic
more rightward Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

rightwardly

rightward en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹaɪtwəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English rightward From right + -ward.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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most rightward Degree=Sup lexicographic
more rightward Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

leftward