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(New page: '''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 'w...)
 
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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.

    • In older English, it was occasionally used interchangeably with untoward as an adjective. This is no longer done.
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