groundside en · ADV
Etymology
From ground + -side.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Towards or on the surface of a planet.
Even then she gave them quite a battle. It was like a pair of minnows landing a four-foot bass, but they hauled her down and booted her groundside with a skill that eventually got the two pilots a citation.
1951 November, Paul W[arren] Fairman, “Proud Asteroid”, in Amazing Stories, volume 25, number 11, page 46: