Evenward

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Toward evening; toward eventide.

    "Heavily The day dragged evenward ere left of all The throng that late had battled with the Dane, A wretched skin-clad remnant, wounded sore, Stood 'mid a heap of slaughtered friends, [...]"

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"Heavily The day dragged evenward ere left of all The throng that late had battled with the Dane, A wretched skin-clad remnant, wounded sore, Stood 'mid a heap of slaughtered friends, [...]"

Etymology

From even (“evening”) + -ward.

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