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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