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leftwise

a. (context rare English) leftward, on the left side. adv. (context rare English) By a leftward path; leftwards, leftwardly; anticlockwise, counterclockwise.

Usage examples of "leftwise".

A dappled-marble oval stand, with curving spreadlegs standing out from a center support leftwise off the doorway itself, carried a gargantuan blue-velvet-covered brass-hinged photograph album, and a huge and ornate white china-shaded coal-oil lamp.

For it was evident from the way he turned and gazed about it, leftwise, rightwise, up and down, half shaking his head, his very nostrils dilated.

He offered up what he had, making the spirals rightwise up to a point and leftwise thereafter.