evenward

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adverb

Toward evening; toward eventide.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adverbevenward (comparative more evenward, superlative most evenward)

comparative more evenward · superlative most evenward

  1. Toward evening; toward eventide.

    Heavily The day dragged evenward ere left of all The throng that late had battled with the Dane, A wretched skin-clad remnant, wounded sore, Stood 'mid a heap of slaughtered friends, [...]

    1903, Godfrey Egremont, Verse

Origin

From even (“evening”) + -ward.

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APA

evenward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evenward

MLA

“evenward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evenward. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evenward,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evenward.

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