-wards /wədz $ wərdz/ BrE AmE ( also -ward especially American English ) suffix [in adverbs]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: -weardes , from -weard ; ⇨ ↑ -ward ]
towards a particular direction or place:
We’re travelling northwards.
look skywards
-wards /wədz $ wərdz/ BrE AmE ( also -ward especially American English ) suffix [in adverbs]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: -weardes , from -weard ; ⇨ ↑ -ward ]
towards a particular direction or place:
We’re travelling northwards.
look skywards
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012