Tendency

[Sarah]

Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, orresult; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effector result.Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a moreparticular tendency to the good of their country. Addison.In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection.Macaulay.

[Sarah]

prefer toward something

[Sarah]

the most delicate flower waiting to bloom in my mouth