| afterwards | (adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | Synonyms: after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently |
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| backwards | (adverb) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | Synonyms: backward |
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| (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, rearward, rearwards |
| downwards | (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | Synonyms: down, downward, downwardly |
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| eastwards | (adverb) toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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| forwards | (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forward, onward, onwards |
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| (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forward, frontward, frontwards |
| frontwards | (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward |
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| heavenwards | (adverb) toward heaven | Synonyms: heavenward, heavenwardly |
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| homewards | (adverb) toward home | Synonyms: homeward |
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| inwards | (adverb) toward the center or interior | Synonyms: inward |
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| (adverb) to or toward the inside of | Synonyms: in, inward |
| landwards | (adverb) toward land | Synonyms: landward |
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| needs | (adverb) in such a manner as could not be otherwise | Synonyms: inevitably, necessarily, of necessity |
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| northwards | (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northward |
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| onwards | (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forward, forwards, onward |
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| outwards | (adverb) toward the outside | Synonyms: outward |
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| rearwards | (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearward |
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| seawards | (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seaward |
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| sidewards | (adverb) toward one side | Synonyms: sideward |
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| skywards | (adverb) toward the sky | Synonyms: skyward |
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| southwards | (adverb) toward the south | Synonyms: southerly, southward |
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| spacewards | (adverb) towards outer space | Synonyms: spaceward |
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| upwards | (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: up, upward, upwardly |
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| (adverb) to a later time | Synonyms: up, upward |
| westwards | (adverb) toward the west | Synonyms: westward |
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