footward

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

foot +‎ -ward

Adjective[edit]

footward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the foot or feet.
    • 1952, Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 36, part 2, page 1389)
      Since the direction in which the blood is propelled at the time is footward, the body is thrust headward and an upward peak is inscribed.

Adverb[edit]

footward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the foot or feet.
    • 2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream:
      When I glanced footward, the pack's waist belt was out of sight, overhung with belly.