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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