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neckward en · ADV

Etymology

From neck + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Towards the neck.
    • Every time she passed him, her eyes strayed imperceptibly to take in more of the designs encircling his forearms, designs which almost wholly covered his skin from a bit above his wrists, making their way up and over his biceps, continuing neckward and under the openings of his wrinkled short sleeve guayabera, the pleated, four-pocketed shirt beloved by Latinos, though he was no Latino. 2012, April Schwartz, Longings and Shortcomings (page 11)