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evenward en · ADV

Etymology

From even (“evening”) + -ward.

Meanings

1. Toward evening; toward eventide.
   • Heavily The day dragged evenward ere left of all The throng that late had battled with the Dane, A wretched skin-clad remnant, wounded sore, Stood 'mid a heap of slaughtered friends, [...] 1903, Godfrey Egremont, Verse:

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