winterwardsadv.
/ˈwɪntəwədz/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(t)ərwərdz/ Somewhat rare.
Towards or in the direction of winter.
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1870 All Year Round 22 Oct. 487/2 That last sentence, I fancy, does not ring badly, but, as we are creeping winterwards, it bears a somewhat chilly construction.
1906 E. F. Benson Challoners xii Till to-day all had been grey and brown, all still pointed backwards, winter-wards.
1939 Washington Post 30 Aug. 12/5 Now that thoughts are beginning to turn winter-wards, with the approach of cooler weather.
2016 www.zemgearswitzerland.com 6 Sept. (O.E.D. Archive) The temperature had headed back winterwards in the last two days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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