rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward ˈrīt-wərd 
: being at, toward, or to the right
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web On the rightward shift of the Supreme Court: VICE PRES. 
NBC News, 11 Sep. 2022 Public polling in Kentucky has shown that despite Kentucky voters' growing rightward shift in recent decades, Beshear remains relatively popular, with approval ratings approaching 60%. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2022 Although President Barack Obama was able to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the conservatives’ rightward shift, which can be traced back to the Reagan era, meant that national health insurance would never come to be. Julian Zelizer, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022 Former President Trump won Missouri by more than 18 percentage points in 2016 and about 15 points in 2020, reflecting the state’s rightward shift in recent elections. Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Over the past few years, these conservative justices made incremental changes to the law, ushering the Court in a rightward direction—albeit modestly enough to occasionally appeal to the liberal justices to join the conservative majority. Michael Bobelian, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Amid the country’s rightward turn under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who won a fourth term in a landslide vote in April, many Hungarian filmmakers see a deliberate effort to push a nationalist agenda in the film industry. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 May 2022 The women worried about the school board, but also saw the issues there as part of a broader rightward turn in the county. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 Because the Supreme Court is now so conservative, the justices are being asked to hear more cases seeking to push the law in a rightward direction. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2021 See More
NBC News, 11 Sep. 2022 Public polling in Kentucky has shown that despite Kentucky voters' growing rightward shift in recent decades, Beshear remains relatively popular, with approval ratings approaching 60%. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2022 Although President Barack Obama was able to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the conservatives’ rightward shift, which can be traced back to the Reagan era, meant that national health insurance would never come to be. Julian Zelizer, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022 Former President Trump won Missouri by more than 18 percentage points in 2016 and about 15 points in 2020, reflecting the state’s rightward shift in recent elections. Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Over the past few years, these conservative justices made incremental changes to the law, ushering the Court in a rightward direction—albeit modestly enough to occasionally appeal to the liberal justices to join the conservative majority. Michael Bobelian, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Amid the country’s rightward turn under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who won a fourth term in a landslide vote in April, many Hungarian filmmakers see a deliberate effort to push a nationalist agenda in the film industry. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 May 2022 The women worried about the school board, but also saw the issues there as part of a broader rightward turn in the county. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 Because the Supreme Court is now so conservative, the justices are being asked to hear more cases seeking to push the law in a rightward direction. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1733, in the meaning defined above