rightward

English

Etymology

From right +‎ -ward.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪtwəd/
• Hyphenation: right‧ward

Adjective

rightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

1. To or from the right.
   • 2012, Catherine M. Otto, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, →ISBN, page 191:

     This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion.

   • 2023 September 12, Paul Glader, “Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk”, in CNN‎:

     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.”

Adverb

rightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

1. To or from the right.
   • 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 1 December 2021:

     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.

Antonyms

• leftward

Anagrams

• draw right