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usward

usward adverb: toward us.

Adverb

usward (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Toward us.
    • Then I, whose eyes were keen, saw, blown usward from Margny, a cloud of flying dust, that in Scotland we call stour.1896, Andrew Lang, A Monk of Fife
    • But the Gods have sent him to usward to work us measureless good: It is even Sigurd the Volsung, the best man ever born, The man that the Gods withstand not, my friend, and my brother sworn."1904, William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

Forms of usward

alternative formuswards

Origin of usward

From Middle English us-ward; equivalent to us + -ward.

Questions about usward

What does usward mean?
Usward means toward us.
What part of speech is usward?
Usward is an adverb.

Words near usward in the dictionary

  1. usus
  2. USV
  3. USVI
  4. USVs
  5. USW
  6. usward
  7. uswards
  8. USWDS
  9. USWNT
  10. Usworth
  11. USWS

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