-wards suffix (also mainly US-ward)uk / -wədz/ us / -wɚdz/ towards the stated place or direction: 朝…;向… Take a couple of steps backwards/forwards. Carry on eastwards on the main road for 15 minutes. See
-ward The edges of his lips curled downwards. He will seize the chance to steer policy sharply leftwards. The village itself stretches for about a mile southwards. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing movement towards -ways at convergent earthward facing for forward forwards hither inwards on oncoming onward onwards round thither to up ward wise |