Word Meanings - PROXIMALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

On or toward a proximal part; proximad.

TOWARD; TOWARDS
1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil
TOWARDS
See TOWARD
TOWARDNESS
Quality or state of being toward.
PROXIMALLY
On or toward a proximal part; proximad.
PROXIMAD
Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.
TOWARDLY
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TOWARDLINESS
The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness. The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy. Sir W. Raleigh.
PROXIMAL
1. Toward or nearest, as to a body, or center of motion of dependence; proximate. Situated near the point of attachment or origin; as, the proximal part of a limb. Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of
TOWARD
1. Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser. 2. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth. 3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant. Why, that is spoken like a toward prince.
UNTOWARDLY
Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices." Locke.
UNTOWARD
Toward. Gower.