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awayward

awayward adverb: turned aside.

Adverb

awayward (comparative more awayward, superlative most awayward)

  1. (obsolete) Turned aside.
  2. (obsolete) Away (of motion).
    • And therewithall he groned pyteuously and rode a grete walop awaywarde from them untyll he cam undir a woodys evyse.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII

Forms of awayward

comparativemore awayward
superlativemost awayward

Origin of awayward

From away + -ward.

Questions about awayward

What does awayward mean?
Awayward means turned aside.
What part of speech is awayward?
Awayward is an adverb.

Words near awayward in the dictionary

  1. awaye
  2. awayed
  3. awaying
  4. awayness
  5. aways
  6. awayward
  7. awaze
  8. AWB
  9. Awbrey
  10. Awbreys
  11. AWBs

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