chairward

English

Etymology

From chair +‎ -ward.

Adverb

chairward (not comparable)

1. Toward a chair.
   • 1939, Scribner's Magazine:

     in the day of long skirts, a woman leaped chairward at the cry of “mouse!”

   • 1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation: A Novel:

     Guy expels a hard, tight-lipped sigh and lets gravity pull him chairward

   • 2002, Elaine Dandh, Memsahib:

     she was in mid-sit, her bottom irretrievably moving chairward