leftwiseadv.
/ˈlɛftwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlɛf(t)ˌwaɪz/ In a left-hand direction; anticlockwise.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adverb] > to the left
leftsomesa1398
lefta1400
leftward1579
leftwards1585
leftwise1830
sinistrally1838
left-handed1909
1830 J. Brenan Utility Lat. Discussed iv. 48 I look up, down, backwards, forwards, sidewise, leftwise.
1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes Epode ix Steering leftwise [L. sinistrorsum] o'er the sea.
1935 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 55 403 He does not turn about leftwise to go backwards.
2015 N. Larson Immune Syst. 100 We're skating all over the slick deck, but I lock my knee and am somehow able to remain standing, steering things leftwise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1830- have the whip hand
- have the whip hand of
- have the wind at will
- have the wind in one's face
- have the wind of
- have the wit to
- have the wite
- have the wood on
- have the world at one's feet
- have the worse
- have the worse end of the staff
- have the worse of
- have the worship of
- have the worst
- have the worst of
- have the worst of it
- have the wrong
- have the wrong end of the stick
- have the wrong pig by the ear
- have the wrong pig by the tail
- have things one's own way
- have things one's way
- have thoughts
- have thoughts of
- have tickets on