frontways

English

Etymology

From front +‎ -ways.

Adverb

frontways (not comparable)

1. towards the front; forward
   • 1820, Basil Kennett, Romæ antiquæ notitia: or, The antiquities of Rome, page 242:

     But, because the naval as well as the land army consisted of four legions, and accordingly the ships made four divisions, two of these are yet behind; of which the third fleet, or third legion, was drawn up frontways in the rear of the first and second, and so, stretching along from point to point, composed a triangle, whereof the third line was the base.

   • 1919, Arthur James Schuettner, The University of Illinois plan to stimulate interest in physical education, page 18:

     Upper grip; jump to side support frontways; swing left leg forward over bar outside of left hand; fall back to outer knee-hand hang and with the next swing execute an outer knee swing-up forward; return left leg to side support frontways […]