-wards
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English-wards-wards /wədz $ wərdz/ (also -ward especially American English) suffix [in adverbs] TOWARDStowards a particular direction or place We’re travelling northwards. look skywardsExamples from the Corpus-wards• moving backwards• traveling northwardsOrigin -wards Old English -weardes, from -weard; → -WARD