Mountainward

//ˈmaʊntɪnwəd// adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards a mountain or mountains.

    "We dipped down to skirt a huge green polo field with another equally huge practice field beside it, soared again to the top of a hill and swung mountainward up a steep hill road of clean concrete that passed orange groves […]"

Example

More examples

"We dipped down to skirt a huge green polo field with another equally huge practice field beside it, soared again to the top of a hill and swung mountainward up a steep hill road of clean concrete that passed orange groves […]"

Etymology

From mountain + -ward.

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