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phoneward

phoneward adverb: towards a telephone.

Adverb

phoneward (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Towards a telephone.
    • The pet book produced, the librarian again starts phoneward, but is waylaid by the president of the student council.1947, Lucile Foster Fargo, The library in the school
    • In the meantime Ivor had already skated phoneward across the parquetry to hear what Nina Lecerf or some other neighbor wanted.1974, Vladimir Nabokov, Look at the harlequins!

Origin of phoneward

From phone + -ward.

Questions about phoneward

What does phoneward mean?
Phoneward means towards a telephone.
What part of speech is phoneward?
Phoneward is an adverb.

Words near phoneward in the dictionary

  1. phonetizations
  2. phonetize
  3. phonetized
  4. phonetizes
  5. phonetizing
  6. phoneward
  7. phonewise
  8. phoneword
  9. phonewords
  10. phoney
  11. phoney up

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