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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Untowards&#039;&#039;&#039; is rare in current English. When it is used at all, it is used as an <a href="/index.php/Adverb" title="Adverb">adverb</a> describing conditions such as the weather and means &#039;unpropitious[ly]&#039;, &#039;unfavourably&#039; or &#039;w...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Untowards''' is rare in current English. When it is used at all, it is used as an [[adverb]] describing conditions such as the weather and means 'unpropitious[ly]', 'unfavourably' or 'with an ill omen'. This is the opposite of [[towards]].<br /> <br /> **In older English, it was occasionally used interchangeably with [[untoward]] as an [[adjective]]. This is no longer done.<br /> <br /> [[Category:clarification of meanings]]<br /> [[Category:archaic English]]</div>

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