homeward
/ˈhəʊmwəd
/adverb
(also homewards /ˈhəʊmwədz/) Towards home: they set off homeward...
- On Friday, we thought we'd try lunch at the Stag and Hounds in Binfield, but there wasn't a table free, so we'd headed back homewards and went to the poshest place in the village.
- So I plodded back to the car, purchasing a pack of sandwiches on the way, and headed homewards, taking a wide detour in the direction of Boston and then turning off to join my familiar country roads.
- The lesson passed pretty quickly and, having practised some maneuvers, I was soon driving homewards again.
adjective
Going or leading towards home: their homeward journey...
- After waiting some considerable time for a taxi at York Railway Station one Friday afternoon, I asked the driver on the homeward journey if he thought there were sufficient taxis in York to meet the demand.
- Pentland Ferries' second vessel spent another night away from home last night, after weather and tidal conditions prevented the final leg of her homeward journey.
- I'll never forget the singing on the homeward journey - everyone happy, sunburnt, slightly tipsy and exhausted.
Origin
Old English hāmweard (see home, -ward).