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chairward

chairward adverb: toward a chair.

Adverb

chairward (not comparable)

  1. Toward a chair.
    • in the day of long skirts, a woman leaped chairward at the cry of “mouse!”1939, Scribner's Magazine
    • Guy expels a hard, tight-lipped sigh and lets gravity pull him chairward1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation: A Novel

Origin of chairward

From chair + -ward.

Questions about chairward

What does chairward mean?
Chairward means toward a chair.
What part of speech is chairward?
Chairward is an adverb.

Words near chairward in the dictionary

  1. chairships
  2. chairshot
  3. chairshots
  4. chairside
  5. chairsides
  6. chairward
  7. chairwarmer
  8. chairwarmers
  9. chairway
  10. chairways
  11. chairwise

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