awayward
English
Etymology
From away + -ward.
Adverb
awayward (comparative more awayward, superlative most awayward)
- (obsolete) Turned aside.
- (obsolete) Away (of motion).
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
- And therewithall he groned pyteuously and rode a grete walop awaywarde from them untyll he cam undir a woodys evyse.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
Anagrams
- draw away