Definition of Frontwards

1. Adverb. At or to or toward the front. "She practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"

Exact synonyms: Forrad, Forrard, Forward, Forwards, Frontward
Language type: Accent, Dialect, Idiom
Antonyms: Backward

Definition of Frontwards

1. Adjective. Oriented towards the front. ¹

2. Adverb. Towards the front. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frontwards

1. frontward [n] - See also: frontward

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontwards

frontotransverse position
frontozygomatic
frontozygomatic suture
frontpage
frontpaged
frontpages
frontpaging
frontrunner
frontrunners
frontrunning
fronts
frontside
frontslash
frontstall
frontward
frontwards (current term)
frontwise
frontwoman
frontwomen
froodite
froodites
froofy
froppish
frore
froren
frorn
frorne
frory
fros
frosh

Literary usage of Frontwards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... order one Troop immediately marching frontwards Charing-Cross to Westminster and another frontwards Westminster to Charing- Cross, purposely to masker ..."

2. The Iliad by Homer (1851)
"... first was leader of the flight; for he was wounded slightly 1 on the tip of the shoulder with a spear, bring always turned frontwards; but the spear of ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"The eye placed on the blind side actually travels from its original place (symmetrical with the eye of the opposite side) frontwards and upwards on the ..."

4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"... whose shoulders showed me their full breadth while he stood displaying frontwards the open of his hand in a salute. 'Schwartz!' I called. ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"... palpi are inserted under the lateral edges of the mentum, or in the edges themselves, so that the first articulations do not appear, looking frontwards. ..."

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