netherward
1netherward — wə(r)d adjective Etymology: nether + ward : downward in the netherward black of the night Walt Whitman …
2netherward — adv. [notherward]. O. and N. 144 …
3netherward — neth·er·ward …
4on-netherward — …
5nether — netherward, adj. /nedh euhr/, adj. 1. lying or believed to lie beneath the earth s surface; infernal: the nether regions. 2. lower or under: his nether lip. [bef. 900; ME nethere, OE neothera, nithera, deriv. of nither down (c. G nieder), lit.,… …
6netherwards — dz adverb Etymology: alteration (influenced by such words as afterwards, downwards) of earlier netherward, from Middle English netherward, nitherward, from Old English nitherwerd, nitherweardes; Old English nitherwerd, from nither down + werd,… …
7The Return of the Native —   …
8below — adv 1. under, beneath, underneath, Dial. neath; down, downward or downwards, netherward; low, on the ground; underlying, subjacent, on the bottom; underground, belowground, belowdecks, submerged, downstairs, Chiefly Brit. below stairs. 2. on… …
