Awayward

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Turned aside. obsolete
  2. 2
    Away (of motion). obsolete

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

Example

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

Etymology

From away + -ward.

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