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elsewards

elsewards is the alternative form of elseward.

Meaning of elseward

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

Origin of elsewards

Univerbation of else + wards.

Questions about elsewards

What is elsewards the alternative form of?
Elsewards is the alternative form of elseward.

Words near elsewards in the dictionary

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

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