Meanings
- not comparableToward an other.
So an otherward movement akin to searching all things, “even the deep things of God,” is not too unrelated to another key aspect of the divine love: everyone who “abideth in charity abideth in God and God in him” (referring to 1 John 4:16).
2014, Elaine Padilla, Divine Enjoyment: A Theology of Passion and Exuberance, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN1 more example
It should never be forgotten, however, that, under all conditions, both man and wife should exercise prudence, both selfward and otherward, and that each should utterly refuse to gratify self by accepting a sacrifice, however willingly offered […]
2001, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbToward an other.
Origin
- Middle Englishotherward
- Englishotherward
From Middle English otherward, other-warde (adverb), equivalent to other + -ward.
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otherward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otherward
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