Synonyms for eastward


Grammar : Adj
Spell : eest-werd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈist wərd


Définition of eastward

Origin :
  • Old English eastwærde; see east + -ward.
  • As in eastern : adj concerning the direction to the east
Example sentences :
  • Continued on eastward and soon struck Mr. Gosse's cart-track.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Found the old horse-tracks, just before we camped, coming from eastward.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • I did so most willingly, as we had already got further to the eastward than I wished.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • The wind shifted about this time, to a gentle breeze from the southward and eastward.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • From Stryj; eastward to the Bukowina the line remained unaltered.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • And off to the eastward the other arm of the powerful vise was slowly closing in on them.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Czerny's yacht lay, the picture of a ship, eastward in the offing.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • The wind had changed to the eastward, and a thick fog had come in with it.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • For three days the winds were favourable, from the eastward.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • The bandit had traveled fast and he had kept steadily to the eastward.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

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