mountainward

English

Etymology

From mountain +‎ -ward.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊntɪnwəd/

Adverb

mountainward (comparative more mountainward, superlative most mountainward)

1. Towards a mountain or mountains.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 150:

     We dipped down to skirt a huge green polo field with another equally huge practice field beside it, soared again to the top of a hill and swung mountainward up a steep hill road of clean concrete that passed orange groves […]