Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Untoward (Page: 1582)

Un*to"ward (?), prep. [Unto + -ward.] Toward. [Obs.] Gower.

Untoward (Page: 1582)

Un*to"ward (?), a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]

1. Froward; perverse. Save yourselves from this untoward generation." Acts ii. 40.

2. Awkward; ungraceful. Untoward words." Creech. Untoward manner." Swift.

3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. -- Un*to"ward*ness, n.