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townwards

townwards adverb: towards a town; townward.

Adverb

townwards (not comparable)

  1. Towards a town; townward.
    • He switched on, put the groaning vehicle into gear, turned it round skilfully and sped dustily townwards.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 600

Origin of townwards

From town + -wards.

Questions about townwards

What does townwards mean?
Townwards means towards a town; townward.
What part of speech is townwards?
Townwards is an adverb.

Words near townwards in the dictionary

  1. Townsvillian
  2. Townsvillians
  3. townswoman
  4. townswomen
  5. townward
  6. townwards
  7. townwear
  8. townwide
  9. towny
  10. Towong
  11. Towong Upper

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