Not by accident, TIL that "wayward" is the shortened form of "awayward."
The existence of:
downward
toward
forward
backward
awkward (etym: Old Norse meaning backward!)
froward
upward
eastward, northward, southward, westward
inward
outward
ETC.
...implies the validity of:
nextward
withward
fromward
intoward
againward
besideward
aboonward
aloofward
yondward
whitherward
nighward
ETC.