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frontwards

frontwards adjective: oriented towards the front.

Adjective

frontwards (comparative more frontwards, superlative most frontwards)

  1. Oriented towards the front.
    • He leaned back in the pew and twisted his hat to the frontwards position.2005, Christopher J. Dwyer, Shape The Black Sky

Adverb

frontwards (comparative more frontwards, superlative most frontwards)

  1. Towards the front.

Forms of frontwards

Adjective
comparativemore frontwards
superlativemost frontwards
Adverb
comparativemore frontwards
superlativemost frontwards

Origin of frontwards

From front + -wards.

Questions about frontwards

What does frontwards mean?
Frontwards means oriented towards the front.
What part of speech is frontwards?
Frontwards can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near frontwards in the dictionary

  1. frontstages
  2. frontstretch
  3. frontstretches
  4. frontstroke
  5. frontward
  6. frontwards
  7. frontways
  8. frontwise
  9. frontwoman
  10. frontwomen
  11. froo-froo

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