nightwards
UK/ˈnaɪtwədz/US/ˈnaɪtwɚdz/
nightwards adverb: toward night.
Adverb
nightwards (not comparable)
- Toward night.
- The world is swinging nightwards; ’tis October,
And twilight’s on the heights;
The Bluffs, like silent sentries gray and sober,
Stand lonely in the fading evening lights.1908, Albert Durrant Watson, The Wing of the Wild Bird and Other Poems, page 18 - Even the call, which grew stronger the further nightwards she walked, and the press of earthwarmth it brought with it, even that was a compromise she wasn’t entirely comfortable with. And yet she couldn’t fight it. She couldn’t shut it out like she could the urge to reach, so she knew she’d have to...2015, Anthony Eaton, Nightpeople, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN
- The world is swinging nightwards; ’tis October,
Origin of nightwards
From night + -wards.
Questions about nightwards
- What does nightwards mean?
- Nightwards means toward night.
- What part of speech is nightwards?
- Nightwards is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce nightwards?
- Nightwards is pronounced /ˈnaɪtwɚdz/ (US).
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