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Meanings of frontwards in English

Spanish
adelante

At or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

adelante
Usage of frontwards in English
1
Russell moved past me, frontwards, stepping on the wheel and then jumping.
Hombre
2
Cameron, you know those books pretty much frontwards and backwards, right?
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
3
In stooping to pick it up, FELIX pokes HARVEY, causing him to fall over frontwards.
Writing for Vaudeville
4
A new ship is making waves for its ability to break through ice frontwards, backwards, and even sideways.
Wired
5
As he bends forward to pick it up, FELIX pokes him with the stick, knocking him over frontwards.
Writing for Vaudeville
6
All this palaver about Mr. Whitney has almost made you late for school, and left me hardly knowing whether I am sewing frontwards or backwards.
Carl and the Cotton Gin
7
Frontwards or backwards, the ship can clear ice that's up to three feet deep.
Wired
Translations for frontwards
Frontwards through the time