Winterwards
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 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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