leftward
adjective or adverb
left·ward ˈleft-wərd 
: being at, toward, or to the left
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The leftward bloc of Behar, Goldberg and Hostin made McCain the show’s conservative contrarian, a role that seemed to come naturally to the prickly former Fox News co-host, both ideologically and personally. 
Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021 Over the past month, multiple tech leaders have rebelled against the leftward shift of societal and workplace mores, arguing that their companies benefit from a more moderate, libertarian, or conservative atmosphere. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 16 June 2022 The leftward tilt of the debate also owed partly to who was not on the stage. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Still, the party’s most leftward faction has expressed no desire to pull back. New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022 Woods fought to the end; a short, leftward tee shot on the par-4 18th left him in bogey territory. Sean Gregory, Time, 7 Apr. 2022 Progressives assume the constant, leftward evolution of morality while conservatives appeal to a dubious historical consensus, Vermeule argues. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 9 Feb. 2022 The Biden administration has been far more left-wing than Biden's own political history would have led most people to expect, reflecting the increasingly leftward tilt of the country on economic matters. Noah Millman, The Week, 19 Nov. 2021 To many, the decision looked like a rare conservative victory in the culture war — a salutary counterexample to corporate America’s broader leftward trend. Nate Hochman, National Review, 3 Sep. 2021 See More
Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021 Over the past month, multiple tech leaders have rebelled against the leftward shift of societal and workplace mores, arguing that their companies benefit from a more moderate, libertarian, or conservative atmosphere. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 16 June 2022 The leftward tilt of the debate also owed partly to who was not on the stage. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Still, the party’s most leftward faction has expressed no desire to pull back. New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022 Woods fought to the end; a short, leftward tee shot on the par-4 18th left him in bogey territory. Sean Gregory, Time, 7 Apr. 2022 Progressives assume the constant, leftward evolution of morality while conservatives appeal to a dubious historical consensus, Vermeule argues. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 9 Feb. 2022 The Biden administration has been far more left-wing than Biden's own political history would have led most people to expect, reflecting the increasingly leftward tilt of the country on economic matters. Noah Millman, The Week, 19 Nov. 2021 To many, the decision looked like a rare conservative victory in the culture war — a salutary counterexample to corporate America’s broader leftward trend. Nate Hochman, National Review, 3 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above