† gateward(s,adv.Obs. [f. gate n.2 + -wards.] By the direct road, directly. 1630–56Gordon Hist. Earld. Sutherl. xxiii. (1813) 380 He returned back the same day gettward to Strathnaver.1768Ross Helenore i. 26 They left me there, sae I but ony mair, Getwards alane, unto the glens can fare.