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† ˈsupperward Obs.
[f. supper n.1: see -ward.]
to supperward: to supper; at or about supper-time. Also as adv. (U.S. rare) = supperwards adv.
c1563Jack Juggler 221 She vseth for hir bodylie helth, and safegard To chyd daylie oone fite, too supperward. 1608Golding Epit. Frossard i. 15 The English Captaine..in an euening, when the French men were to supperward, brake suddainelie out of a wood. 1932W. Faulkner Light in August xv. 330 The townspeople began to move supperward.
So ˈsupperwards adv. rare, to supper.
1887Field 19 Feb. 251/3 Again resuming our way, we proceeded supperwards. 1897Animal World (R.S.P.C.A.) XXVIII. 75/1 The moon's silvery beams, dancing on the waters, warned me to be hastening supperwards. |