fromwards

English

Alternative forms

• fromward

Etymology

From Old English framweardes (“in a direction away from”). Compare froward.

Preposition

fromwards

1. (now dialectal) away from
   • (Can we date this quote by Cheyne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Towards or fromwards the zenith.

Antonyms

• toward

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fromwards”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)