Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neckward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neck-ward
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Towards the neck.

Example Sentences

"Every time she passed him, her eyes strayed imperceptibly to take in more of the designs encircling his forearms, designs which almost wholly covered his skin from a bit above his wrists, making their way up and over his biceps, continuing neckward and under the openings of his wrinkled short sleeve guayabera, the pleated, four-pocketed shirt beloved by Latinos, though he was no Latino."

Etymology

From neck + -ward.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: neck

Questions

What does neckward mean?: Towards the neck.
Where does neckward come from?: From neck + -ward.

How to pronounce neckward

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