fromwards

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English

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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

  1. (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 Innys, , →OCLC:
      Towards or fromwards the zenith.
    • 1610, Arthur Hopton, Baculum geodæticum:
      move along towards or fromwards the end of the yard

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