earthward
Also earthwards. toward the earth.
directed toward the earth.
Origin of 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.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersSomething moved down on the river bank and in that same instant the box hurtled earthward as might a spear.
Star Born | Andre NortonHe saw it open and sail earthward and then some one on the ground waved a white handkerchief.
Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar WallaceSo he eased his plane earthward, gliding lower and lower, and waiting for the flare.
The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) TheissFor 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
/ (ˈɜːθwəd) /
directed towards the earth
a variant of earthwards
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