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Definition of Eastward

1. Noun. The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees.

2. Adjective. Moving toward the east. "Eastbound trains"

3. Adverb. Toward the east. "They migrated eastward to Sweden"

Definition of Eastward

1. adv. Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

Definition of Eastward

1. Noun. The direction or area lying to the east. ¹

2. Adjective. Situated or directed towards the east. ¹

3. Adverb. Towards the east. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eastward

1. a direction toward the east [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastward

easternizing easternness easters easting eastings eastland eastlin eastling eastlins eastmost

eastonite easts eastside eastsides eastward (current term) eastwardly eastwards easy-going easy-peasy easy as ABC

easy as falling off a log easy as pie easy as rolling off a log easy chair easy come, easy go easy does it easy going easy lay

Literary usage of Eastward

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Jordan by Jericho eastward, Jud.ll ; 18.came by the east side of the land (lit. ... And eastward he inhabited rising of the sun) 24. toward the east, west, ..."

2. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1887)
"The Second and Third Pyramids, the three «mailer to the southward of the Third, and the three to the eastward of the Great Pyramid—Description of the ..."

3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The comedy of " eastward Ho," written by Chapman and Marston, ... In the second "eastward act °^ Security, the money lender, is Ho1" talking with young ..."

4. Poems by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1851)
"MOVE eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange sunset waning slow ; From fringes of the faded eve, 0, happy planet, eastward go ; Till over thy dark ..."

5. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"... eastward, and we were told to keep a bright lookout. Expecting to be called, we turned in early. Waking up about midnight, I found a man who had just ..."

6. American Book Prices Current (1901)
"eastward Hol London, for William Aspley, 1605. Small 410, calf, gilt edges. The top and bottom margins of some leaves closely cut. ..."

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