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a. Toward the surface.
Usage examples of "surfaceward".
Only the two fore axles completely cleared the gap before the bow began to settle surfaceward again, but it was enough.
The four fire lizards zipped in and out of the gentle evening waves, cluttering with delight to frolic with their friends, though if Menolly disappeared for long beneath the waves, her three fire lizards dove after her, pulling her surfacewards by her hair.
The four fire lizards zipped in and out of the gentle evening waves, cluttering with delight to frolic with their friends, though if Menolly disappeared for long beneath the waves, her three fire liz ards dove after her, pulling her surfacewards by her hair.
John, flung surfacewards by the heel he had caught, released it and dived also, so that he shot downwards, behind and above the back of the Dilbian.