evenward

adv

evenward

adv

Etymology From even (“evening”) + -ward.

1

Toward evening; toward eventide.

  • Heavily The day dragged evenward ere left of all The throng that late had battled with the Dane, A wretched skin-clad remnant, wounded sore, Stood 'mid a heap of slaughtered friends, [...]1903, Godfrey Egremont, Verse:

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