chairward

English

Etymology

chair +‎ -ward

Adverb

chairward (not comparable)

  1. Toward a chair.
    • 1939, Scribner's Magazine:
      in the day of long skirts, a woman leaped chairward at the cry of “mouse!”
    • 1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation: A Novel:
      Guy expels a hard, tight-lipped sigh and lets gravity pull him chairward
    • 2002, Elaine Dandh, Memsahib:
      she was in mid-sit, her bottom irretrievably moving chairward
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