fromwards
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English framweardes (“in a direction away from”); equivalent to from + -ward + -s. Compare froward.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹɒmwə(ɹ)dz/, /ˈfɹʌmwə(ɹ)dz/
Preposition
fromwards
- (obsolete, now dialectal) away from
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- Towards or fromwards the zenith.
- 1610, Arthur Hopton, Baculum geodæticum:
- move along towards or fromwards the end of the yard
Antonyms
References
- “fromwards”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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