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eastwards

/ ˈiːstwədz /

adverb

  1. towards the east


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Eastwards it fell away into a marshy tract filling the angle of the two rivers and intersected by watercourses.

When they set sail again, all eyes were turned Eastwards: happy would he be who should first sight the land of their desire.

We continued due eastwards until five o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th at an altitude of two thousand six hundred feet.

When his offer was refused, he wrung my hand in silence, and then turned eastwards towards his home.

It was remembered only too well, and more so when we hurried out into the cold air outside and hastened our footsteps—eastwards.

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