earthward

[ urth-werd ]
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adverb
  1. Also earthwards. toward the earth.

adjective
  1. directed toward the earth.

Origin of earthward

1
First recorded in 1350–1400, earthward is from the Middle English word ertheward.See earth, -ward

Words Nearby earthward

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How to use earthward in a sentence

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

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

    Star Born | Andre Norton
  • He saw it open and sail earthward and then some one on the ground waved a white handkerchief.

    Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace
  • So he eased his plane earthward, gliding lower and lower, and waiting for the flare.

    The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
  • For he had turned his horse loose, and the blunderbuss, which he had been holding horizontally, was now dropped earthward.

    Carmen | Prosper Merimee

British Dictionary definitions for earthward

earthward

/ (ˈɜːθwəd) /


adjective
  1. directed towards the earth

adverb
  1. a variant of earthwards

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