Nowards

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Archaic term meaning in the direction of the present moment or toward the current time
2. An obsolete adverb describing movement or leaning toward the now, the present time
3. Old-fashioned adverb indicating a direction pointing toward the present era or moment

Etymology: "Nowards" is an English adverb meaning "toward the present time" or "in the direction of now." It is formed from "now" plus the suffix "-wards," a common Old English pattern for indicating direction, seen in words like "afterwards," "backwards," and "homewards." The suffix itself comes from the Old English "-weard," which carried the sense of "turned toward" and was attached to nouns and adverbs to mark movement in a particular direction. "Now" descends from Old English "nu," a word that has stayed close to its original form for well over a thousand years. Combining the two produced a directional adverb that appears most often in older or formal writing, where "nowadays" or "from now on" would be the more common choice.