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elseward

elseward adverb: to another place; in a different direction; somewhere else.

Adverb

elseward (not comparable)

  1. To another place; in a different direction; somewhere else.
    • Thy Eyes, can they turn from that infant face elseward than to […]2002, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas McFarland, Nicholas Halmi, Opus Maximum

Forms of elseward

alternative formelsewards

Origin of elseward

Univerbation of else + ward.

Questions about elseward

What does elseward mean?
Elseward means to another place; in a different direction; somewhere else.
What part of speech is elseward?
Elseward is an adverb.

Words near elseward in the dictionary

  1. Elsenham
  2. elsens
  3. Elser
  4. Elsers
  5. elsethread
  6. elseward
  7. elsewards
  8. elseways
  9. elseweb
  10. elsewhat
  11. elsewhen

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