basementwards

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adverb

Towards a basement; basementward.

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Meanings

adverbbasementwards (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTowards a basement; basementward.

    Since Vicky started dating Lorna it’s rankled that all their procedures remain pointed stubbornly basementwards.

    2024, Alyson Greaves, Welcome to Dorley Hall
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    Another look basementwards, and through heavy plate-glass windows he beholds the He great presses rolling off the editions of the paper.

    1902, Profitable Advertising, volume 12, issue 2, page 861

    […] confronted with the big hand "Toys in the Basement" and knowing just where to go, and the room being so easy of access, their steps turn almost unconsciously basementwards.

    1922, W. B. S, Toys and Novelties, volume 19, page 53

Origin

From basement + -wards.

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APA

basementwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basementwards

MLA

“basementwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basementwards. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basementwards,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basementwards.

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