roundwardadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈraʊndwəd/, U.S.

/ˈraʊn(d)wərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: round adv., -ward suffix.

Etymology: < round adv. + -ward suffix. Compare earlier roundways adv., roundwise adv. With the use as adjective compare earlier roundwise adj.

A. adv.

In a circular direction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adverb]

round abouta1398

circularly1561

round1565

roundwise1674

gyrally1750

roundward1842

1842 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Jan. 33 We are moving roundward in the fatal circles of the horrible vortex.

1893 Scribner's Mag. 13 376/1 There was a bolt..rearward, roundward, upward, downward.

1900 A. Austin Songs of Eng. 13 Centuries of fame and battles won And Empire ranging roundward with the sun.

2009 E. B. Weissman Standing for Socks i. 4 She took a bite of the bagel and then spun it a few inches and took another, eating roundward and inward until there was almost nothing left.

B. adj.

Of a movement or course: circular. Cf. roundwise adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1887 Western Dental Jrnl. Aug. 347 Giving the paper a ‘roundward’ stroke instead of drawing it straight through.

1893 Scribner's Mag. 13 376/2 There was the same rearward, roundward bolt.

1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 80 The reeling, roundward motion of tree-tips in a wind.

2002 T. Screech Lens within Heart vii. 222/2 Entsū, ‘roundward progression’—the word that came to denote a spiral staircase.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roundward
释义	roundwardadv.adj. Brit. /ˈraʊndwəd/, U.S. /ˈraʊn(d)wərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: round adv., -ward suffix. Etymology: < round adv. + -ward suffix. Compare earlier roundways adv., roundwise adv. With the use as adjective compare earlier roundwise adj. A. adv. In a circular direction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adverb] round abouta1398 circularly1561 round1565 roundwise1674 gyrally1750 roundward1842 1842 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Jan. 33 We are moving roundward in the fatal circles of the horrible vortex. 1893 Scribner's Mag. 13 376/1 There was a bolt..rearward, roundward, upward, downward. 1900 A. Austin Songs of Eng. 13 Centuries of fame and battles won And Empire ranging roundward with the sun. 2009 E. B. Weissman Standing for Socks i. 4 She took a bite of the bagel and then spun it a few inches and took another, eating roundward and inward until there was almost nothing left. B. adj. Of a movement or course: circular. Cf. roundwise adj. 2. ΚΠ 1887 Western Dental Jrnl. Aug. 347 Giving the paper a ‘roundward’ stroke instead of drawing it straight through. 1893 Scribner's Mag. 13 376/2 There was the same rearward, roundward bolt. 1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 80 The reeling, roundward motion of tree-tips in a wind. 2002 T. Screech Lens within Heart vii. 222/2 Entsū, ‘roundward progression’—the word that came to denote a spiral staircase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1842
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