chairward

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adverb

Toward a chair.

OriginProto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English chair →
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Meanings

adverbchairward (not comparable)
  1. not comparableToward a chair.

    she was in mid-sit, her bottom irretrievably moving chairward

    2002, Elaine Dandh, Memsahib
    2 more examples

    in the day of long skirts, a woman leaped chairward at the cry of “mouse!”

    1939, Scribner's Magazine

    Guy expels a hard, tight-lipped sigh and lets gravity pull him chairward

    1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation: A Novel

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  16. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  17. Englishchairward

From chair + -ward.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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