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adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on]

adj 1: causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time" 2: lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot" [ant: graceful] 3: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly] 4: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen] 5: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" [syn: awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable] 6: socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers" [syn: awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasy]

adv 1: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] 2: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" [syn: backward, backwards] 3: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward] adj 1: directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" [ant: forward] 2: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" [ant: forward] 3: retarded in intellectual development [syn: backward, half- witted, slow-witted, feebleminded] 4: having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"

adv 1: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" [syn: down, downwards, downward, downwardly] [ant: up, upward, upwardly, upwards] adj 1: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" [syn: down(a), downward(a)] 2: on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"

adv 1: toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden" [syn: eastward, eastwards] adj 1: moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: eastbound, eastward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E]

adv 1: at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations) [syn: forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard] [ant: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] 2: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth, forward, onward] 3: toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you" [syn: ahead, forward] [ant: back, backward] 4: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader] 5: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" [syn: fore, forward] [ant: abaft, aft, astern] adj 1: at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" [ant: backward] 2: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" [ant: backward] 3: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant: reverse] 4: moving forward [syn: advancing, forward, forward- moving] n 1: the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey 2: a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team v 1: send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" [syn: forward, send on]

n 1: a content word that can be qualified by a modifier [syn: headword, head word] 2: a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)

adv 1: toward heaven; "he pointed heavenward" [syn: heavenward, heavenwards, heavenwardly] adj 1: directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight" [syn: heavenward, skyward]

adv 1: from this time forth; from now on; "henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith" [syn: henceforth, henceforward]

adv 1: toward home; "fought his way homeward through the deep snow" [syn: homeward, homewards] adj 1: oriented toward home; "in a homeward direction"; "homeward-bound commuters" [syn: homeward, homeward- bound]

adv 1: toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!" [syn: inward, inwards] [ant: outward, outwards] 2: to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door" [syn: in, inwards, inward] adj 1: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections" [ant: outward] 2: directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital" [syn: inbound, inward]

adv 1: toward land; "landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands" [syn: landward, landwards]

adv 1: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn: leeward, upwind] [ant: downwind, windward] adj 1: on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island" [ant: windward] n 1: the direction in which the wind is blowing [ant: windward] 2: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn: lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]

adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly, northwards, northward] adj 1: moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic" [syn: northbound, northward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north, due north, northward, N]

adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth, forward, onward] 2: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]

adv 1: toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn: outward, outwards] [ant: inward, inwards] adj 1: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections" [ant: inward] 2: that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: outbound, outward, outward-bound]

adv 1: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] adj 1: located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" [syn: rear(a), rearward(a)] 2: directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" [syn: rearward, reverse] n 1: direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"

adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea] adj 1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn: offshore, seaward] [ant: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] 2: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds" [syn: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] [ant: offshore, seaward] 3: directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on the seaward side of the road" n 1: the direction toward the sea

adj 1: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds" [syn: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] [ant: offshore, seaward]

adv 1: toward the sky; "look skywards!" [syn: skyward, skywards] adj 1: directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight" [syn: heavenward, skyward]

adv 1: toward the south; "the ship turned southerly" [syn: southerly, southward, southwards] adj 1: moving toward the south; "a southbound train" [syn: southbound, southward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S]

adj 1: free from ambiguity; "a straightforward set of instructions" 2: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a), straightforward, straight] 3: without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs" [syn: aboveboard, straightforward] 4: pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"

adv 1: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: up, upwards, upward, upwardly] [ant: down, downward, downwardly, downwards] 2: to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" [syn: up, upwards, upward] adj 1: directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen" 2: extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" [syn: up(a), upward(a)]

adj 1: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward]

adv 1: toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun" [syn: westward, westwards] adj 1: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: westbound, westerly, westward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west, due west, westward, W]

adv 1: away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" [syn: windward, downwind] [ant: leeward, upwind] adj 1: on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands" [ant: leeward] n 1: the direction from which the wind is coming [ant: leeward] 2: the side of something that is toward the wind [ant: lee, lee side, leeward]

adv 1: towards outer space [syn: spaceward, spacewards]

n 1: United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872) [syn: Seward, William Henry Seward]