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'frontwards'

[forward.r.01] as in: at or to or toward the front; ; ; ; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

Examples:
he faced forward
step forward
she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine

Origins

					frontwards (English)
├── -s (English)
│   ├── -es (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── -es (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -s (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── frontward (English)
    ├── -ward (English)
    │   └── -weard (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── front (English)
        └── front (Old French (842-ca. 1400))