eastward
Use Eastward in a sentence
wərd adverb
1.
Also, east·wards. toward the east.
adjective
2.
moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the east.
noun
3.
the eastward part, direction, or point.
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eastward (ˈiːstwəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | situated or directed towards the east |
| —adv | |
| 2. | a variant of eastwards |
| —n | |
| 3. | the eastward part, direction, etc |
| 'eastwardly | |
| —adv, —adj | |
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Eastward
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| eastwards or eastward (ˈiːstwədz) | |
| —adv | |
| towards the east | |
| eastward or eastward | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
The dry line typically advances eastward during the afternoon and retreats westward at night.
The combination of factors held summer storms in place instead of allowing them to be swept eastward, as they normally are.
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