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-ward
-ward or -wards


suffix 
Definition:
 
1. moving in a particular direction or directed toward a particular place
earthward
2. lying or occurring in a particular direction
rightward
windward
[ Old English -weard< Germanic, "to turn"]

Word Usage

See toward.
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