Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward the front; forward.
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- adjective
Oriented towards the front. - adverb Towards the
front .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at or to or toward the front
Etymologies
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Examples
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The way I described, it gets written "frontwards" plaintiff
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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The way I described, it gets written "frontwards" 14.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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Thomas Spray, MD: The septum, the partition between the two ventricles, forms slightly more anterior or frontwards than it should.
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But Scott never visited America, where his fans perused his books frontwards while waiting for Mark Twain to be born.
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But even if it were frontwards, I doubt it would have passed forensic muster.
Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story 2009
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Is his head turned backwards or his back turned frontwards?
Reality Bites 2009
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I never cared to learn figure skating (and had I did, I would have been endlessly frustrated), but back in the day, I was able to skate both backwards and forwards with power, shift from frontwards to backwards at full speed, cross-over on both sides, turn by lunging, and stop on a dime with a hockey stop.
No spring chicken Celeste Winant 2007
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I never cared to learn figure skating (and had I did, I would have been endlessly frustrated), but back in the day, I was able to skate both backwards and forwards with power, shift from frontwards to backwards at full speed, cross-over on both sides, turn by lunging, and stop on a dime with a hockey stop.
Archive 2007-01-01 Celeste Winant 2007
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At last, the bulldozer managed to drag the stalled vehicle out frontwards.
The Accuser 2005
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At last, the bulldozer managed to drag the stalled vehicle out frontwards.
The Accuser 2005
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