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aleftadv.

Brit. /əˈlɛft/, U.S. /əˈlɛft/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.1, left n.
Etymology: < a prep.1 + left n. In later use after aright adv.
poetic. Now rare.
On or to the left side.Apparently only in conjunction with aright, sometimes with the implication ‘on all sides, all around’.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in sideways direction > to right and left > towards the left
aleftc1330
leftsomesa1398
lefta1400
leftward1579
leftwards1585
toward1711
sinistrally1838
left-handed1851
leftwardly1892
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 8139 A-left he smot and a-riȝt.
1796 W. Taylor tr. G. A. Bürger Lenore in Monthly Mag. Mar. 137/1 How swifte the hill, how swifte the dale, Aright, aleft [Ger. Zur rechten und zur linken Hand], are gone.
1821 R. Southey Vision of Judgem. v. 20 Lightning and thunder Vollying aright and aleft amid the accumulate blackness.
a1880 T. C. Irwin Versicles (1883) 18 A-right we win sweet glimpses of the bay, A-left the purple hill above the sheaves, And clover stretches voyaged by the bee.
1901 M. O'Conor Irish Com-all-ye's 103/2 Lustrous gardens aleft and right.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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