seawards

/ ˈsiːwədz /

adverb

She met his eyes briefly, and looked away seawards with the ghost of a sorrowful smile upon her lips.

As they were speaking, a voice hailed them; and, turning seawards, they saw a small boat approaching.

Her eyes were still fixed seawards, but she was looking beyond the yacht, now, to the dim line where sky and sea seemed to meet.

Not until the granite pillar of the distant Gulf Rock opened up beyond Carn du was it necessary to turn the boat's head seawards.

On the 21st at day light, we saw off to seawards a low island of which the Moorish pilot had been afraid in the night.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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