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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
- (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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