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groundward

groundward adverb: towards the ground.

Adverb

groundward (not comparable)

  1. Towards the ground.
    • That night he watched as an airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana plunged groundward in flames.2009 April 6, Debra Black, “'I have to live for my father'”, in Toronto Star

Origin of groundward

From ground + -ward.

Questions about groundward

What does groundward mean?
Groundward means towards the ground.
What part of speech is groundward?
Groundward is an adverb.

Words near groundward in the dictionary

  1. groundtruthed
  2. groundtruthing
  3. groundtruths
  4. groundwall
  5. groundwalls
  6. groundward
  7. groundwards
  8. groundwater
  9. groundwater level
  10. groundwater levels
  11. groundwaters

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