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footward

footward adjective: toward the foot or feet.

Adjective

footward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the foot or feet.
    • Since the direction in which the blood is propelled at the time is footward, the body is thrust headward and an upward peak is inscribed.1952, Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 36, part 2, page 1389)

Adverb

footward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the foot or feet.
    • When I glanced footward, the pack's waist belt was out of sight, overhung with belly.2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream

Origin of footward

From foot + -ward.

Questions about footward

What does footward mean?
Footward means toward the foot or feet.
What part of speech is footward?
Footward can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near footward in the dictionary

  1. footvolley
  2. footwalk
  3. footwalks
  4. footwall
  5. footwalls
  6. footward
  7. footwarmer
  8. footwarmers
  9. footwashing
  10. footway
  11. footways

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