Definitions
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- adjective
Adverse ,contrary . - adjective
Opposite ,opposing ;hostile . - adverb
Contrary to,against . - noun
Opposite ;adversity ,opposition ;hostility
Etymologies
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From Middle English, from Old English wiþerweard ("contrary, adverse, hostile"), from Proto-Germanic *wiþerawarþaz (“contrary, adverse, in opposition”), equivalent to wither (“against”) + -ward. Cognate with Old High German widarwart ("witherward"), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (wiþrawairþs, "witherward").
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Examples
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Yes; that is a difficulty which multiplies itself in a fearful ratio as one goes on pleasantly running down the path — witherward?
Framley Parsonage 2004
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They were those of the song he had sung when he arrived years before at the Three Mariners, a poor young man, adventuring for life and fortune, and scarcely knowing witherward: --
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They were those of the song he had sung when he arrived years before at the Three Mariners, a poor young man, adventuring for life and fortune, and scarcely knowing witherward: --
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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