earthward

[ urth-werd ]

adverb

1. Also earthwards. toward the earth.

adjective

1. directed toward the earth.

earthward

/ ˈɜːθwəd /

adjective

1. directed towards the earth

adverb

1. a variant of earthwards

Word History and Origins

Origin of earthward¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, earthward is from the Middle English word ertheward. See earth, -ward

Example Sentences

The black cloud would float earthward, and Heno would stop and have a word with the mother and the boy.

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Something moved down on the river bank and in that same instant the box hurtled earthward as might a spear.

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He saw it open and sail earthward and then some one on the ground waved a white handkerchief.

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So he eased his plane earthward, gliding lower and lower, and waiting for the flare.

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For he had turned his horse loose, and the blunderbuss, which he had been holding horizontally, was now dropped earthward.

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Related Words

• downward