Winterwards

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of winterward. alt-of, alternative

    "That first tree in the garden must be climbed / and a new landscape from its branches limbed, / a life surveyed from its winterwards foliage / for I am now the spring, I am now my age."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of winterward. alt-of, alternative

    "That last sentence, I fancy, does not ring badly, but, as we are creeping winterwards, it bears a somewhat chilly construction, and will, I doubt not, incline the reader to contemplate with satisfaction the promise of his or her snug bed."

Example

More examples

"That last sentence, I fancy, does not ring badly, but, as we are creeping winterwards, it bears a somewhat chilly construction, and will, I doubt not, incline the reader to contemplate with satisfaction the promise of his or her snug bed."

Etymology

From winter + -wards.

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