footward
English
Etymology
foot + -ward
Adjective
footward (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1952, Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 36, part 2, page 1389)
Adverb
footward (not comparable)
- 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.
- 2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream