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frontward

or front·wards

[ fruhnt-werd ]
/ ˈfrʌnt wərd /

adverb

in a direction toward the front.

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Origin of frontward

First recorded in 1545–55; front + -ward

Words nearby frontward

front runner, frontrunning, frontstall, front up, front walkover, frontward, frontwards, front-wheel drive, frore, frosh, frost
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Example sentences from the Web for frontward

  • Frontward was the small lake's grey water, rearward an avenue of limes.

    The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith

  • A back rest would throw one forward in a frontward lurch, and give no support in case of a backward one.

    Sand Doom|William Fitzgerald Jenkins