selfwardsadv.
/ˈsɛlfwədz/, U.S. /ˈsɛlfwərdz/ Towards or in the direction of oneself; = selfward adv.
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1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister xxvi. 269 When the eyes look self-wards.
1931 Bookman June 163/1 There are long hours when a depression moving selfwards leaves the outlook cloudy and unsettled.
1973 R. Woods in J. Needleman et al. Relig. for New Generation (ed. 2) i. 32 As long as we direct our energies selfwards, we can never effectively break through the enslaving control of institutions and ideologies.
2009 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. (Sport section) 8 The grasp-all world of professional sport, where loyalty has long moved selfwards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1890- selfexpansion
- selfexperience
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- selffearing
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- selffeed
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