adverb / adjective · neutral
rightward
UK/ˈraɪt.wəd/US/ˈraɪt.wərd/RIGHT·ward
Band 6-7task1speaking
toward the right side; in a rightward direction
Examples
“The coastline turns rightward after the bay.”
“Traffic shifted rightward to avoid the construction area.”
“In formal descriptions of movement use 'rightward' rather than colloquial 'to the right'.”
Band 8 sentence
“The diagram shows a clear rightward trend in commuter numbers between 1995 and 2015.”
Collocations
- shift rightward
- move rightward
- rightward trend
Word family
rightward adv / adjrightwards adv (variant)
Common mistakes
Cars moved to rightward.→Cars moved rightward.
A rightward moving trend was observed.→A rightward-moving trend was observed.
Say it for a higher band
5to the right→6rightwards→7+rightward
Synonyms
to the right
Easily confused
to the right
“Please move the chair to the right of the table.”
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