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otherward en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English otherward, other-warde (adverb), equivalent to other + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Toward an other.
    • So an otherward movement akin to searching all things, “even the deep things of God,” is not too unrelated to another key aspect of the divine love: everyone who “abideth in charity abideth in God and God in him” (referring to 1 John 4:16). 2014, Elaine Padilla, Divine Enjoyment: A Theology of Passion and Exuberance, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN:
    • It should never be forgotten, however, that, under all conditions, both man and wife should exercise prudence, both selfward and otherward, and that each should utterly refuse to gratify self by accepting a sacrifice, however willingly offered […] 2001, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex:

Antonyms

selfward

otherward en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English otherward, other-warde (adverb), equivalent to other + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Toward an other.

Antonyms

selfward

Synonyms

otherwards