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The negative side. [R.] Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak.

Approaching toward night.

Toward the northeast.

Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Having a northern direction.

Toward the northwest.

Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

Progress; advancement.

Onward.

Formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv. 16.

From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; --…

See Outward, adv.

Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.

Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.

In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.

The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.

To defeat. [Obs.] Warner.

Too wary; too cautious.

Peltry. [Obs.]