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evenward

evenward adverb: toward evening; toward eventide.

Adverb

evenward (comparative more evenward, superlative most evenward)

  1. Toward evening; toward eventide.
    • Heavily The day dragged evenward ere left of all The throng that late had battled with the Dane, A wretched skin-clad remnant, wounded sore, Stood 'mid a heap of slaughtered friends, [...]1903, Godfrey Egremont, Verse

Forms of evenward

comparativemore evenward
superlativemost evenward

Origin of evenward

From even (“evening”) + -ward.

Questions about evenward

What does evenward mean?
Evenward means toward evening; toward eventide.
What part of speech is evenward?
Evenward is an adverb.

Words near evenward in the dictionary

  1. eventuated
  2. eventuates
  3. eventuating
  4. eventuation
  5. eventuations
  6. evenward
  7. evenweave
  8. evenweaves
  9. Evenwood
  10. Evenwood and Barony
  11. ever

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