Definition of Left-of-center

1. Adjective. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.

Exact synonyms: Left-wing, Leftist
Similar to: Left

Lexicographical Neighbors of Left-of-center

left-footed
left-footer
left-hand
left-hand(a)
left-hand drive
left-hand path
left-handed
left-handed compliment
left-handed pitcher
left-handed specialist
left-handedness
left-hander
left-handers
left-luggage office
left-luggage offices
left-of-center (current term)
left-of-centre
left-over
left-sided appendicitis
left-sided heart failure
left-sidedness
left-slanting
left-to-right shunt
left-to-right shunts
left-wing
left-winger
left-wingers
left alone
left and right

Literary usage of Left-of-center

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Highways «3=175(1) —Automobile driver required to drive to left of center If necessary to avoid collision. Automobile driver who was driving to the right of ..."

2. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"Though the left-of-center segment were in ascendancy at the beginning of the ... He would talk of the left-of-center faction which he and Colonel Gutierrez ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"Samarium Broad strong band, two maxima, one to left of center, the other at right edge. Strongest band in spectrum, two maxima, one at left edge, ..."

4. Reinforced Concrete by Albert Wells Buel, Charles Shattuck Hill (1906)
"Then, with the values of column 11, locate the points 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the same horizontal line to the LEFT of center line. Draw horizontal lines through ..."

5. Reinforced Concrete by Albert Wells Buel, Charles Shattuck Hill (1906)
"Then, with the values of column n, locate the points I, 2, 3 and 4 on the same horizontal line to the LEFT of center line. Draw horizontal lines through the ..."

6. The Jewel City: Its Planning and Achievement; Its Architecture, Sculpture by Ben Macomber (1915)
"(f) Small panel at left of center: HE THAT HONORS NOT HIMSELF LACKS HONOR WHERE- SOE'ER HE GOES.—Zuhayr, Arabia. H. ARCH OF THE SETTING SUN, ..."

7. A Textbook on Surveying and Mapping by International Correspondence Schools (1898)
"(697) — 16.4' -10.3' 56' 73' Contour 50.0 at 46.0 ft. to left of Center Line, £ Contour 40.0 at ... <j Contour 30.0 at 128.0 ft. to left of Center Line. ..."

8. The Carman's Helper by Hugh K. Christie (1920)
"On caboose cars with end platforms, brake staffs must be on platforms to the left of center. Operating or Uncoupling Levers—There is no stand ard design of ..."

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