Lexic.us

Definition of Towards

1. prep. & adv. See Toward.

Definition of Towards

1. Preposition. Variant of toward. ¹

2. Adverb. (obsolete) In the direction of something (indicated by context). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Towards

1. toward [prep] - See also: toward

Lexicographical Neighbors of Towards

Literary usage of Towards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"The square of 9 is passed lightly over as only a step towards the ... towards the close of the Republic, Plato seems to be more and more convinced of the ..."

2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"She drank a bottle of lemonade, and bought a holly-stick; and, without one glance towards the landscape which disclosed itself from the plateau, ..."

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