Definitions

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  • adjective Toward the surface.

Etymologies

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surface +‎ -ward

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Examples

  • At Flinx's command, the skimmer had already commenced a sharp descent surfaceward.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Not that the Ulru-Ujurrians could properly be called space-going, Flinx mused as the ship continued to drop surfaceward.

    Running from the Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Not that the Ulru-Ujurrians could properly be called space-going, Flinx mused as the ship continued to drop surfaceward.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • At Flinx's command, the skimmer had already commenced a sharp descent surfaceward.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Not that the Ulru-Ujurrians could properly be called space-going, Flinx mused as the ship continued to drop surfaceward.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Not that the Ulru-Ujurrians could properly be called space-going, Flinx mused as the ship continued to drop surfaceward.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • At Flinx's command, the skimmer had already commenced a sharp descent surfaceward.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • By late afternoon they would begin to vent gas and sink slowly surfaceward, to gently touch down anew in fresh grazing grounds.

    Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • Pushing forward on the controls, he sent the repeller plummeting surfaceward.

    Flinx's Folly Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • Without input from the human, the view plunged surfaceward until the slightly flickering but otherwise quite viewable image froze at a high magnification.

    Diuturnity's Dawn Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

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