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winterwards

winterwards is the alternative form of winterward.

Meaning of winterward

Adverb

winterward (comparative more winterward, superlative most winterward)

  1. Toward winter.
    • After the sunny week, when Nellie Crane had her custard pies, the weather turned a sharp corner — back winterward.1876, Ella Farman Pratt, The Cooking Club of Tu-Whit Hollow, page 133

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Forms of winterwards

Adverb
comparativemore winterwards
superlativemost winterwards
Adjective
comparativemore winterwards
superlativemost winterwards

Origin of winterwards

From winter + -wards.

Questions about winterwards

What is winterwards the alternative form of?
Winterwards is the alternative form of winterward.

Words near winterwards in the dictionary

  1. Winterton-on-Sea
  2. Wintertons
  3. Winterval
  4. Wintervals
  5. winterward
  6. winterwards
  7. winterwear
  8. winterweed
  9. winterweeds
  10. winterweight
  11. wintery

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