Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leftwards

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: left-wards
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Leftward; towards the left.

Example Sentences

"The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]"

Etymology

From left + -wards.

Questions

What does leftwards mean?: Leftward; towards the left.
Where does leftwards come from?: From left + -wards.

How to pronounce leftwards

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