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footward en · ADJ

Etymology

From foot + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Toward the foot or feet.
    • Since the direction in which the blood is propelled at the time is footward, the body is thrust headward and an upward peak is inscribed. 1952, Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 36, part 2, page 1389)

footward en · ADV

Etymology

From foot + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Toward the foot or feet.
    • When I glanced footward, the pack's waist belt was out of sight, overhung with belly. 2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream: