manward

American  

[man-werd] / ˈmæn wərd /

adverb

1. Also manwards. toward humankind.

   The church directed its attention manward as well as heavenward.

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adjective

1. directed toward humankind.

Etymology

Origin of manward

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; man, -ward

Example Sentences

But love has a manward as well as a Godward development.

From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

Can we form any mental picture of the actual animal forms that the manward impulse has traveled through?

From Time and Change by Burroughs, John

In a word, Ithuel was one of those descendants of Puritanism who, "God-ward," as it is termed, was quite unexceptionable, so far as his theory extended, but who, "manward," was "as the Scribes and Pharisees."

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

The compassion was the manward expression of the passion for the Father.

From Quiet Talks on Following the Christ by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

O Earth, our mother; and thou All-seër, arrowy crown Of Sunlight, manward now Look down, Oh, look down!

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes