endward

English

Etymology

From end +‎ -ward.

Adjective

endward (comparative more endward, superlative most endward)

1. Being positioned toward the end; pertaining to the end or rear.
   • 1920, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:

     [...] having a top section slidable upon the upper edge of the fire pot and a vertical section movable into contact with the converging side walls of the fire pot at either end on endward movement of the top section.

   • 1960, Titus Evans, Radiation Research Society, Radiation research:

     The deviation of ID for both the sideward and endward cases is qualitatively like that of a slim pencil-shaped [...]

Related terms

• endwise

Adverb

endward (comparative more endward, superlative most endward)

1. Toward the end; rearward.

Anagrams

• Nedward, wander'd