usward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of usward
First recorded in 1350–1400, usward is from Middle English to usward. See us, -ward
Example Sentences
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"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh
She has given up her boarder and rented her little nest, and is this blessed minute on her way usward.
From Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 by Various
Shall friends born lower in life, though pure of sin, Though clothed with love and faith to usward plight, Perish and pass unbidden of us, their kin, Good night?
From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Algernon Charles Swinburne
To this purpose says St. Peter, “The Lord is long suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
It does not say, ‘to usward who fear and doubt;’ for if we will not believe, neither shall we be established.
From Kept for the Master's Use by Frances Ridley Havergal
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