sinwardadv.
/ˈsɪnwəd/ Toward or in the direction of sin. †Also to sinward.
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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 346 Vche a mayde þat he mette he made hir a signe Semynge to-synne-ward.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 111 Feendys noumbre þe steppys of man & womman to synne warde.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 45 The thoughts that were roving helward, worldward, and sinward.
1643 T. Case Quarrell of Covenant 74 A people..may enter Covenant with God, with their hearts, Rome-ward, and Earth-ward, and Sin-ward.
1820 A. Grant Let. 26 July in Mem. & Corr. (1844) II. 268 An infirmity always verging sinward.
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