earthward
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wərd adverb
1.
Also, earth·wards. toward the earth.
adjective
2.
directed toward the earth.
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earthward (ˈɜːθwəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | directed towards the earth |
| —adv | |
| 2. | a variant of earthwards |
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Earthward
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| earthwards or earthward (ˈɜːθwədz) | |
| —adv | |
| towards the earth | |
| earthward or earthward | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
They flew individual loops and close formations to plunge earthward in corkscrew spirals before soaring off to the horizon.
When the balloon bursts, the instrument floats earthward via a parachute.
Then comes the rain, humbling in its ferocity, crashing earthward as a near-solid wall of water.
It disappears for a moment into the sun, then wafts earthward under a plastic parachute.
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