selfward

American  

[self-werd] / ˈsɛlf wərd /

adverb

1. in the direction of or toward oneself.

   a selfward-moving gesture.

2. within oneself; inward.

   She turned her thoughts selfward.

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adjective

1. tending toward or directed at oneself.

Other Word Forms

• selfwardness noun

Etymology

Origin of selfward

First recorded in 1885–90; self + -ward

Example Sentences

In selfward duties, then, why may I not, as creditor, release myself as debtor?

From Project Gutenberg

These topics are inserted in a treatise on ethics, because whatever has a bearing on health, and thus on the capacity for usefulness selfward and manward which constitutes the whole value of this earthly life, is of grave moral significance.

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So, too, when turned heavenwards it is elevated; but when turned selfward it is drawn down from heaven and immersed in what is corporeal; and when turned towards the world it is also turned down-wards from heaven, and is spent upon those objects that are presented to the natural sight.

From Project Gutenberg

The selfward thoughts and ambitions of the individual man have been thus far driven more and more into the background of fact, if not of consciousness.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no reason why Christianity should prescribe friendship which is a privilege, not a duty, or should essay to regulate it, for its only ethical rule of strict obligation is the negative rule which would lay out for it a track that shall never interfere with any positive duty selfward, manward or Godward.

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