awayward

English

Etymology

From away +‎ -ward.

Adverb

awayward (comparative more awayward, superlative most awayward)

1. (obsolete) Turned aside.
2. (obsolete) Away (of motion).
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:

     And therewithall he groned pyteuously and rode a grete walop awaywarde from them untyll he cam undir a woodys evyse.

Anagrams

• draw away