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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : reer-werd for 1–4; reer-wawrd for 5 |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪər wərd for 1–4; ˈrɪər wɔrd for 5 |
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Définition of rearward
Origin :- 1590s, from rear (adj.) + -ward.
- adv back
- Presently she grew tired of this, too, and moved to the rearward window.
- Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman
- Frontward was the small lake's grey water, rearward an avenue of limes.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- Then twelve of them were as it were our Vanguard, other twelve, our Rearward.
- Extract from : « Sir Francis Drake Revived » by Philip Nichols
- To recover they were fain, But now did Alvar Fañez on their rearward fall amain.
- Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose
- I had to watch the road, of course, so could not turn to witness what was going on rearward.
- Extract from : « "And That's How It Was, Officer" » by Ralph Sholto
- The French position about Sedan was covered to rearward by the fortress.
- Extract from : « The Franco-German War of 1870-71 » by Count Helmuth, von Moltke
- The 12th Division was encamped at Fontenay and rearward as far as Chtenay.
- Extract from : « The Franco-German War of 1870-71 » by Count Helmuth, von Moltke
- So Hartzell and I resumed our rearward plodding or staggering.
- Extract from : « "And they thought we wouldn't fight" » by Floyd Gibbons
- They fled to another mountain, rearward of their first position.
- Extract from : « A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar » by George Bethune English
- Rearward they could scarcely mark the roadbed, so drifted over was it.
- Extract from : « Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp » by Alice B. Emerson
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