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[ eest-werd ] / ˈist wərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eastward ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbAlso eastwards. toward the east. adjectivemoving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the east. nounthe eastward part, direction, or point. Origin of eastwardbefore 850; Middle English estward,Old English ēasteweard.See east, -ward Words nearby eastwardEast St. Louis, East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Timor, East Timorese, eastward, eastwardly, eastwards, East-West, Eastwood, easy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eastwardStrong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone. Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Also, the Bible clearly places the Garden of Eden “eastward,” near the Mesopotamian empire of Sumer. The Truth About Genesis|Bruce Feiler|September 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST Eastward therefore the adventurer, the trader, and the pilgrim turned, and found in the Mediterranean their natural pathway. Europe in the Sixteenth Century 1494-1598, Fifth Edition|A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson The schooner was kept away to retrace her steps to the eastward. The Three Midshipmen|W.H.G. Kingston
Here he encountered such difficulties among the shoals that he determined to retrace his course to the eastward. The Isle Of Pines (1668)|Henry Neville In the afternoon he saw a ship approaching from the eastward, and his heart was gladdened at the sight. Jack in the Forecastle|John Sherburne Sleeper This day we saw two herons flying to the eastward, and a great number of bonnettos about the ship, of which we caught eight. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12|Robert Kerr
British Dictionary definitions for eastward
adjectivesituated or directed towards the east nounthe eastward part, direction, etc Derived forms of eastwardeastwardly, adverb, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eastwardeast, easterly |