Un*to"ward (?), prep. [Unto + -ward.]

Toward.

[Obs.]

Gower.

 

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Un*to"ward (?), a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]

1.

Froward; perverse.

"Save yourselves from this untoward generation."

Acts ii. 40.

2.

Awkward; ungraceful.

"Untoward words." Creech. "Untoward manner." Swift.

3.

Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.

-- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. -- Un*to"ward*ness, n.

 

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