footward adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •Toward the foot or feet.Since the direction in which the blood is propelled at the time is footward, the body is thrust headward and an upward peak is inscribed. — 1952 adverb1 •Toward the foot or feet.When I glanced footward, the pack's waist belt was out of sight, overhung with belly. — 2009